Exhibit 4.1



 Exhibit 4.1 

Execution Copy 

RSP PERMIAN, INC. 

AND EACH OF THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO 

5.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025 
  

 
 INDENTURE 

Dated as of December 27, 2016 
  

 
 U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
 Trustee 

 
  

 







 CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE* 
  

			
	 Trust Indenture

Act Section
	  	    Indenture Section    
	310(a)(1)	  	7.10
	      (a)(2)	  	7.10
	      (a)(3)	  	N.A.
	      (a)(4)	  	N.A.
	      (a)(5)	  	7.10
	      (b)	  	7.10
	      (c)	  	N.A.
	311(a)	  	7.11
	      (b)	  	7.11
	      (c)	  	N.A.
	312(a)	  	2.05
	      (b)	  	12.03
	      (c)	  	12.03
	313(a)	  	7.06
	      (b)(1)	  	N.A.
	      (b)(2)	  	7.06; 7.07
	      (c)	  	7.06; 12.02
	      (d)	  	7.06
	314(a)	  	4.03; 12.02; 12.05
	      (b)	  	N.A.
	      (c)(1)	  	12.04
	      (c)(2)	  	12.04
	      (c)(3)	  	N.A.
	      (d)	  	N.A.
	      (e)	  	12.05
	      (f)	  	N.A.
	315(a)	  	7.01
	      (b)	  	7.05; 12.02
	      (c)	  	7.01
	      (d)	  	7.01
	      (e)	  	6.11
	316(a) (last sentence)	  	2.09
	      (a)(1)(A)	  	6.05
	      (a)(1)(B)	  	6.04
	      (a)(2)	  	N.A.
	      (b)	  	6.07
	      (c)	  	2.12
	317(a)(1)	  	6.08
	      (a)(2)	  	6.09
	      (b)	  	2.04
	318(a)	  	12.01
	      (b)	  	N.A.
	      (c)	  	12.01

 N.A. means not applicable. 
 *
This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture. 







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

							
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	 ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
 BY
REFERENCE
	  			
			
	 Section 1.01
	  	 Definitions.
	  	 	1	  
	 Section 1.02
	  	 Other Definitions.
	  	 	32	  
	 Section 1.03
	  	 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	32	  
	 Section 1.04
	  	 Rules of Construction
	  	 	33	  
		
	 ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES
	  			
			
	 Section 2.01
	  	 Form and Dating
	  	 	33	  
	 Section 2.02
	  	 Execution and Authentication
	  	 	34	  
	 Section 2.03
	  	 Registrar and Paying Agent
	  	 	35	  
	 Section 2.04
	  	 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
	  	 	35	  
	 Section 2.05
	  	 Holder Lists
	  	 	36	  
	 Section 2.06
	  	 Transfer and Exchange
	  	 	36	  
	 Section 2.07
	  	 Replacement Notes
	  	 	49	  
	 Section 2.08
	  	 Outstanding Notes
	  	 	50	  
	 Section 2.09
	  	 Treasury Notes
	  	 	50	  
	 Section 2.10
	  	 Temporary Notes
	  	 	51	  
	 Section 2.11
	  	 Cancellation
	  	 	51	  
	 Section 2.12
	  	 Defaulted Interest
	  	 	51	  
	 Section 2.13
	  	 CUSIP Numbers.
	  	 	52	  
		
	 ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
	  			
			
	 Section 3.01
	  	 Notices to Trustee
	  	 	52	  
	 Section 3.02
	  	 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed
	  	 	52	  
	 Section 3.03
	  	 Notice of Redemption
	  	 	53	  
	 Section 3.04
	  	 Effect of Notice of Redemption
	  	 	54	  
	 Section 3.05
	  	 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price
	  	 	54	  
	 Section 3.06
	  	 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part
	  	 	54	  
	 Section 3.07
	  	 Optional Redemption
	  	 	55	  
	 Section 3.08
	  	 Mandatory Redemption
	  	 	56	  
	 Section 3.09
	  	 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds
	  	 	56	  
		
	 ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS
	  			
			
	 Section 4.01
	  	 Payment of Notes
	  	 	58	  


  
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	 Section 4.02
	  	 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	  	 	58	  
	 Section 4.03
	  	 Reports
	  	 	59	  
	 Section 4.04
	  	 Compliance Certificate
	  	 	60	  
	 Section 4.05
	  	 Taxes
	  	 	60	  
	 Section 4.06
	  	 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
	  	 	61	  
	 Section 4.07
	  	 Restricted Payments
	  	 	61	  
	 Section 4.08
	  	 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
	  	 	65	  
	 Section 4.09
	  	 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock
	  	 	68	  
	 Section 4.10
	  	 Asset Sales
	  	 	72	  
	 Section 4.11
	  	 Transactions with Affiliates
	  	 	74	  
	 Section 4.12
	  	 Liens
	  	 	76	  
	 Section 4.13
	  	 Business Activities
	  	 	76	  
	 Section 4.14
	  	 Corporate Existence
	  	 	77	  
	 Section 4.15
	  	 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
	  	 	77	  
	 Section 4.16
	  	 Additional Note Guarantees
	  	 	79	  
	 Section 4.17
	  	 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries
	  	 	79	  
	 Section 4.18
	  	 Covenant Suspension
	  	 	80	  
		
	 ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS
	  			
			
	 Section 5.01
	  	 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets
	  	 	81	  
	 Section 5.02
	  	 Successor Corporation Substituted
	  	 	82	  
		
	 ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	  			
			
	 Section 6.01
	  	 Events of Default
	  	 	82	  
	 Section 6.02
	  	 Acceleration
	  	 	84	  
	 Section 6.03
	  	 Other Remedies
	  	 	85	  
	 Section 6.04
	  	 Waiver of Past Defaults
	  	 	85	  
	 Section 6.05
	  	 Control by Majority
	  	 	86	  
	 Section 6.06
	  	 Limitation on Suits
	  	 	86	  
	 Section 6.07
	  	 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
	  	 	86	  
	 Section 6.08
	  	 Collection Suit by Trustee
	  	 	87	  
	 Section 6.09
	  	 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	  	 	87	  
	 Section 6.10
	  	 Priorities
	  	 	88	  
	 Section 6.11
	  	 Undertaking for Costs
	  	 	88	  
		
	 ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE
	  			
			
	 Section 7.01
	  	 Duties of Trustee
	  	 	88	  
	 Section 7.02
	  	 Rights of Trustee
	  	 	89	  
	 Section 7.03
	  	 Individual Rights of Trustee
	  	 	90	  
	 Section 7.04
	  	 Trustee’s Disclaimer
	  	 	91	  


  
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	 Section 7.05
	  	 Notice of Defaults
	  	 	91	  
	 Section 7.06
	  	 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes
	  	 	91	  
	 Section 7.07
	  	 Compensation and Indemnity
	  	 	91	  
	 Section 7.08
	  	 Replacement of Trustee
	  	 	92	  
	 Section 7.09
	  	 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc
	  	 	93	  
	 Section 7.10
	  	 Eligibility; Disqualification
	  	 	94	  
	 Section 7.11
	  	 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company
	  	 	94	  
		
	 ARTICLE 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
	  			
			
	 Section 8.01
	  	 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	94	  
	 Section 8.02
	  	 Legal Defeasance and Discharge
	  	 	94	  
	 Section 8.03
	  	 Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	95	  
	 Section 8.04
	  	 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
	  	 	96	  
	 Section 8.05
	  	 Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
	  	 	97	  
	 Section 8.06
	  	 Repayment to Company
	  	 	97	  
	 Section 8.07
	  	 Reinstatement
	  	 	98	  
		
	 ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
	  			
			
	 Section 9.01
	  	 Without Consent of Holders of Notes
	  	 	98	  
	 Section 9.02
	  	 With Consent of Holders of Notes
	  	 	99	  
	 Section 9.03
	  	 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
	  	 	101	  
	 Section 9.04
	  	 Revocation and Effect of Consents
	  	 	101	  
	 Section 9.05
	  	 Notation on or Exchange of Notes
	  	 	101	  
	 Section 9.06
	  	 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
	  	 	101	  
		
	 ARTICLE 10

NOTE GUARANTEES
	  			
			
	 Section 10.01
	  	 Guarantee
	  	 	102	  
	 Section 10.02
	  	 Limitation on Guarantor Liability
	  	 	103	  
	 Section 10.03
	  	 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee
	  	 	103	  
	 Section 10.04
	  	 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms
	  	 	104	  
	 Section 10.05
	  	 Releases
	  	 	105	  
		
	 ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	  			
			
	 Section 11.01
	  	 Satisfaction and Discharge
	  	 	106	  
	 Section 11.02
	  	Application of Trust Money	  	 	107	  


  
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	 ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS
	  			
			
	 Section 12.01
	  	 Trust Indenture Act Controls
	  	 	107	  
	 Section 12.02
	  	 Notices
	  	 	107	  
	 Section 12.03
	  	 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
	  	 	109	  
	 Section 12.04
	  	 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
	  	 	109	  
	 Section 12.05
	  	 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion
	  	 	109	  
	 Section 12.06
	  	 Rules by Trustee and Agents
	  	 	110	  
	 Section 12.07
	  	 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
	  	 	110	  
	 Section 12.08
	  	 Governing Law
	  	 	110	  
	 Section 12.09
	  	 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements
	  	 	110	  
	 Section 12.10
	  	 Successors
	  	 	110	  
	 Section 12.11
	  	 Severability
	  	 	111	  
	 Section 12.12
	  	 Counterpart Originals
	  	 	111	  
	 Section 12.13
	  	 Table of Contents, Headings, etc
	  	 	111	  
	 Section 12.14
	  	 Payment Date Other Than a Business Day
	  	 	111	  
	 Section 12.15
	  	 Evidence of Action by Holders
	  	 	111	  
	 Section 12.16
	  	 U.S.A. Patriot Act
	  	 	112	  
	 Section 12.17
	  	 Force Majeure
	  	 	112	  

 EXHIBITS 
  

			
	Exhibit A	  	FORM OF NOTE
	Exhibit B	  	FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
	Exhibit C	  	FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
	Exhibit D	  	FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR
	Exhibit E	  	FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
	Exhibit F	  	FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
	Exhibit G	  	AGREEMENTS WITH AFFILIATES


  
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 INDENTURE dated as of December 27, 2016 among RSP Permian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), the Guarantors (as defined) and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association, as trustee. 

The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the
Holders (as defined) of the 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”): 
 ARTICLE 1 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION 
 BY
REFERENCE 
 Section 1.01    Definitions. 

“144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the
Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule
144A. 
 “Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person: 

(1)    Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or
became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and 

(2)    Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person. 

“Additional Notes” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes and the Exchange Notes) issued under this Indenture
in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes. 
 “Adjusted Consolidated Net
Tangible Assets” means (without duplication), with respect to any specified Person, as of any date of determination: 

(a)    the sum of: 
  

	 	(i)	the discounted future net revenues from Proved Reserves of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines (before any state or federal income taxes) as estimated in a reserve
report prepared as of the end of such Person’s most recently completed fiscal year, which reserve report is prepared or audited by independent petroleum engineers as to Proved Reserves accounting for at least 80% of all such discounted future
net revenues and by such Person’s petroleum engineers with respect to any other Proved Reserves covered by such report, as increased by, as of the date of determination, the estimated discounted future net revenues from:


  








	 	(A)	estimated Proved Reserves of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired since the date of such year-end reserve report; and 


 

	 	(B)	estimated Proved Reserves of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable to extensions, discoveries and other additions and upward revisions of estimates of Proved Reserves (including previously estimated
development costs incurred during the period and the accretion of discount since the prior period end) since the date of such year-end reserve report due to exploration, development or exploitation, production or other activities which would, in
accordance with standard industry practice, cause such revisions, 

 and decreased by, as of the date of determination,
the discounted future net revenue attributable to: 
  

	 	(C)	estimated Proved Reserves of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reflected in such reserve report produced or disposed of since the date of such year-end reserve report; and 


 

	 	(D)	reductions in estimated Proved Reserves of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reflected in such reserve report attributable to downward revisions of estimates of Proved Reserves since such year-end due to
changes in geological conditions or other factors which would, in accordance with standard industry practice, cause such revisions; 


in the case of the preceding clauses (A) through (D), calculated on a pre-tax basis in accordance with SEC guidelines (utilizing the prices
utilized in such year-end reserve report) and estimated by such Person’s petroleum engineers or any independent petroleum engineers engaged by such Person for such purpose; 

 

	 	(ii)	the capitalized costs that are attributable to oil and gas properties of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries to which no Proved Reserves are attributable, based on such Person’s books and records as of a
date no earlier than the last day of such Person’s most recent quarterly or annual period for which internal financial statements are available; 

  

	 	(iii)	the Consolidated Net Working Capital of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of a date no earlier than the last day of such Person’s most recent quarterly or annual period for which internal financial
statements are available; and 


  
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	 	(iv)	the greater of: 

  

	 	(A)	the net book value and 

  

	 	(B)	the appraised value, as estimated by independent appraisers, 

 in each case, of other tangible
assets (including Investments in unconsolidated Subsidiaries) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of a date no earlier than the last day of such Person’s most recent quarterly or annual period for which internal financial
statements are available; provided that if no such appraisal has been performed, such Person will not be required to obtain such an appraisal and only clause (a)(iv)(A) of this definition will apply, 

minus, to the extent not otherwise taken into account in the immediately preceding clause (a), 

(b)    the sum of 
  

	 	(i)	minority interests; 

  

	 	(ii)	any net gas balancing liabilities of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the last day of such Person’s most recent annual or quarterly period for which internal financial statements are available;


  

	 	(iii)	to the extent included in clause (a)(i) above, the discounted future net revenues, calculated on a pre-tax basis in accordance with SEC guidelines (utilizing the prices utilized in such Person’s year-end reserve
report), attributable to reserves that are required to be delivered to third parties to fully satisfy the obligations of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Volumetric Production Payments on the schedules specified with
respect thereto; and 

  

	 	(iv)	the discounted future net revenues, calculated on a pre-tax basis in accordance with SEC guidelines, attributable to reserves subject to Dollar-Denominated Production Payments that, based on the estimates of production
and price assumptions included in determining the discounted future net revenues specified in (a)(i) above, would be necessary to fully satisfy the payment obligations of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Dollar-Denominated
Production Payments on the schedules specified with respect thereto. 

 If such Person changes its method of accounting from
the successful efforts method to the full costs method or a similar method of accounting, “Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets” will continue to be calculated as if such Person were still using the successful efforts method of
accounting. 
 “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified 

  
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Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of
the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control
with” have correlative meanings. 
 “Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent. 

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note at the time of computation, the greater of: 

(1)    1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or 

(2)    the excess of: 

(a)    the present value at such time of (i) the redemption price of the Note at January 15, 2020 (such
redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.07(d) hereof) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through January 15, 2020 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a
discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such time plus 50 basis points discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), over 

(b)    the principal amount of the Note. 

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note,
the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange. 
 “Asset
Sale” means: 
 (1)    the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights
by the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole
will be governed by Section 4.15 or by Section 5.01 hereof and not by the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof; and 

(2)    the issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale by
the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Subsidiaries. 

Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale: 

(1)    any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market
Value of less than $10.0 million; 

  
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 (2)    a disposition of assets between or among the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries; 
 (3)    an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; 
 (4)    the sale, lease or
other disposition of products, services or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business and any sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets in the ordinary course of business (including the abandonment or other
disposition of intellectual property) that is, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as whole; 

(5)    licenses and sublicenses by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of software or
intellectual property, including seismic data and interpretations thereof, in the ordinary course of business; 

(6)    any surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of
contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business; 
 (7)    the granting of Liens not
prohibited by Section 4.12 hereof and dispositions in connection with Permitted Liens; 
 (8)    the sale
or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents or other financial instruments (other than Oil and Gas Hedging Contracts); 

(9)    a Restricted Payment that does not violate Section 4.07 hereof or a Permitted Investment; 

(10)    sale or other disposition of Hydrocarbons or other mineral products in the ordinary course of
business; 
 (11)    an Asset Swap; 

(12)    dispositions of crude oil and natural gas properties; provided that at the time of any such
disposition such properties do not have associated with them any Proved Reserves; and 
 (13)    any
Production Payments and Reserve Sales; provided that any such Production Payments and Reserve Sales, other than incentive compensation programs on terms that are reasonably customary in the Oil and Gas Business for geologists, geophysicists
and other providers of technical services to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, shall have been created, incurred, issued, assumed or Guaranteed in connection with the financing of, and within 60 days after the acquisition of,
the property that is subject thereto. 

  
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 “Asset Swap” means any substantially contemporaneous (and in any event occurring
within 180 days of each other) purchase and sale or exchange of any assets or properties used or useful in the Oil and Gas Business between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided, that the Fair Market
Value of the properties or assets traded or exchanged by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (together with any cash) is reasonably equivalent to the Fair Market Value of the properties or assets (together with any cash) to be received by the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, and provided further that any net cash received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof if then in effect. 

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. 

“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in
calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such
“person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially
Owned” have corresponding meanings. For purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed not to Beneficially Own securities that are the subject of a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement, amalgamation agreement, arrangement agreement
or similar agreement until consummation of the transactions or, as applicable, series of related transactions contemplated thereby. 

“Board of Directors” means: 

(1)    with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof
duly authorized to act on behalf of such board; 
 (2)    with respect to a partnership, the board of
directors of the general partner of the partnership; 
 (3)    with respect to a limited liability
company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and 

(4)    with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 “Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary or another authorized
Officer of the applicable Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee. 

“Business Day” means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in Dallas, Texas, New
York, New York or another place of payment are authorized or required by law to close. 

  
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 “Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made,
the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any
other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any lease (whether entered into before or after the date of this Indenture)
that would have been classified as an operating lease pursuant to (i) GAAP as in effect or (ii) any accounting standards currently implemented by the Company, in each case on the date of this Indenture will be deemed not to represent a Capital Lease
Obligation. 
 “Capital Stock” means: 

(1)    in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; 

(2)    in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations,
rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; 
 (3)    in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and 

(4)    any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the
profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital
Stock. 
 “Cash Equivalents” means: 

(1)    United States dollars; 

(2)    securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any
agency or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition; 

(3)    certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the
date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank or any branch or agency of a non-U.S.
bank licensed to conduct business in the United States, in each case having combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million and a short term deposit rating no lower than A2 or P2 by S&P or Moody’s, respectively; 

(4)    repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the
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 (5)    commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings
obtainable from Moody’s or S&P and, in each case, maturing within one year after the date of creation thereof; and 

(6)    money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds
described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition. 
 “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the
following: 
 (1)    the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other
than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person (including any “person” (as
that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), which occurrence is followed by a Rating Decline within 90 days); 

(2)    the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or 

(3)    the consummation of any transaction (including any merger or consolidation), the result of which is
that any Person (including any “person” (as defined above)), becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather than number of shares, which occurrence
is followed by a Rating Decline within 90 days. 
 “Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking S.A., as operator of the
Clearstream system. 
 “Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and any successor statute thereto, in each case
as amended from time to time. 
 “Commission” or “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

“Company” means RSP Permian, Inc., and any and all successors thereto. 

“Consolidated EBITDAX” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person
for such period plus, without duplication: 
 (1)    provision for taxes based on income or
profits (including state franchise taxes accounted for as income taxes in accordance with GAAP) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated
Net Income; plus 
 (2)    the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus 

(3)    depreciation, depletion, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding
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period), impairment and other non-cash charges and expenses (excluding any such non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges or expenses
in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash charge or expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, depletion, amortization, impairment and
other non-cash charges or expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus 

(4)    if such Person accounts for its oil and natural gas operations using successful efforts or a similar
method of accounting, consolidated exploration expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries; minus 

(5)    non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of
revenue in the ordinary course of business; and minus 
 (6)    to the extent increasing such
Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) the amount of deferred revenues that are amortized during such period and are attributable to reserves that are subject to Volumetric Production Payments and (b) amounts recorded in
accordance with GAAP as repayments of principal and interest pursuant to Dollar-Denominated Production Payments, 
 in each case, on a consolidated basis
and determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any
period, the aggregate of the net income (loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP and without any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends or
distributions; provided that: 
 (1)    all extraordinary gains or losses and all gains or losses
realized in connection with any Asset Sale or the disposition of securities or the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain or loss, will be excluded; 

(2)    the net income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted
for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person; 

(3)    the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that net income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or
indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, partners or members; 

  
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 (4)    the cumulative effect of a change in accounting
principles will be excluded; 
 (5)    unrealized losses and gains under derivative instruments included
in the determination of Consolidated Net Income, including those resulting from the application of FASB ASC 815, will be excluded; and 

(6)    any asset impairment writedowns on Oil and Gas Properties under GAAP or SEC guidelines will be
excluded. 
 “Consolidated Net Working Capital” of any Person as of any date of determination means the amount (shown on
the balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of such Person for which internal financial statements are available) by which
(a) all current assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than current assets from Oil and Gas Hedging Contracts, exceeds (b) all current liabilities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than (i) current
liabilities included in Indebtedness, (ii) current liabilities associated with asset retirement obligations relating to oil and gas properties and (iii) any current liabilities from Oil and Gas Hedging Contracts, in each case as set forth in the
consolidated financial statements of the Company prepared in accordance with GAAP (excluding any adjustments made pursuant to FASB ASC 815). 

“continuing” means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured
or waived. 
 “Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02
hereof (except with respect to payments on the Notes and any exchange, transfer or surrender of the Notes, in which case this address will be U.S. Bank National Association, 111 Filmore Avenue E., St. Paul, Minnesota 55017, Attention: Bond
Drop Window, or, at 100 Wall Street, Suite 1600, New York, New York 10005), or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company. 

“Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2016, by and among the Company, RSP Permian,
L.L.C., each of the lenders from time to time party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders, and Comerica Bank, as prior administrative agent, including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of
debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time. 
 “Credit Facilities” means one or more
debt facilities (including the Credit Agreement), indentures or commercial paper facilities, in each case, with banks or other institutional lenders, accredited investors or institutional investors providing for revolving credit loans, term loans,
term debt, debt securities, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended,
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increased, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or
in part from time to time. 
 “Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any
successor entity thereto. 
 “Customary Recourse Exceptions” means, with respect to any Non-Recourse Debt of an
Unrestricted Subsidiary, exclusions from the exculpation provisions with respect to such Non-Recourse Debt for the voluntary bankruptcy of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, fraud, misapplication of cash, environmental claims, waste, willful destruction
and other circumstances customarily excluded by lenders from exculpation provisions or included in separate indemnification agreements in non-recourse financings. 

“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

 “Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto. 

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in
Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture. 

“Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation and executed by the chief financial officer and
one other officer of the Company, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

“Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or
redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if
the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07 hereof. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed
to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such
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 “Dollar-Denominated Production Payments” means production payment obligations
recorded as liabilities in accordance with GAAP, together with all undertakings and obligations in connection therewith. 

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or
any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or that Guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company. 

“Equity Interests” of any Person means (1) any and all Capital Stock of such Person and (2) all rights to purchase, warrants
or options (whether or not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) such Capital Stock of such Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Equity
Interests, regardless of whether such debt securities include any right of participation with Equity Interests. 
 “Equity
Offering” means a public or private sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock and other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) made for cash on a primary basis to the Company. 

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank SA/NV, as operator of the Euroclear system. 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

“Exchange Notes” means the Notes issued in a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof. 

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement. 

“Existing Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under
the Credit Agreement) in existence on the date of this Indenture, until such amounts are repaid. 
 “Existing Notes” means
the Company’s outstanding 6.625% Senior Notes due 2022. 
 “Fair Market Value” means the value that would be paid by a
willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company in the case of amounts of $40.0 million or more and otherwise by
an officer of the Company (unless otherwise provided in this Indenture). 
 “FASB ASC 815” means Financial Accounting
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 “Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any specified Person for any
period, the ratio of the Consolidated EBITDAX of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays,
repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of Preferred Stock, and the use of the proceeds
therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter reference period. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any calculation under this definition, the pro forma calculations
will be determined in good faith by the chief financial or accounting officer of the specified Person; provided that such officer may in his or her discretion include any reasonably identifiable and factually supportable pro forma changes to
Consolidated EBITDAX, including any pro forma expenses and cost reductions, that have occurred or in the judgment of such officer are reasonably expected to occur within 12 months of the date of the applicable transaction (regardless of whether such
expense or cost reduction or any other operating improvements could then be reflected properly in pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or any other regulation or policy of the SEC) and
that are set forth in an Officers’ Certificate signed by the chief financial or accounting officer that states (a) the amount of each such adjustment and (b) that such adjustments are based on the reasonable good faith belief of the officers
executing such Officers’ Certificate at the time of such execution and the factual basis on which such good faith belief is based. 

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio: 

(1)    acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
including through mergers or consolidations, or by any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including all related financing transactions and including increases in
ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, or that are to be made on the Calculation Date, will be given pro forma effect (in
accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period; 

(2)    the Consolidated EBITDAX attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with
GAAP, and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded; 

(3)    the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP,
and operations or businesses (and ownership interests therein) disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person
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 (4)    any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the
Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period; 

(5)    any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have
been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period; and 
 (6)    if any
Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging
Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of 12 months). 

“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of: 

(1)    the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period,
whether paid or accrued (excluding (i) any interest attributable to Dollar-Denominated Production Payments, (ii) write-off of deferred financing costs and (iii) accretion of interest charges on future plugging and abandonment obligations, future
retirement benefits and other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, but including amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital
Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings), and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations in respect
of interest rates; plus 
 (2)    the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus 
 (3)    any interest on Indebtedness of
another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus 

(4)    all dividends or distributions, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of
Disqualified Stock of such Person or any series of Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends or distributions on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of such Person (other than Disqualified Stock) or to such
Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, 
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 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States,
which are in effect from time to time. 
 “Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(2)
hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture. 
 “Global Notes” means,
individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, and that
bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, Section 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2), 2.06(d)(3) and 2.06(f) hereof.

 “Government Securities” means securities that are: 

 

	 	(1)	direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or 

  

	 	(2)	obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit
obligation by the United States of America, 

 which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and
shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government
Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt. 

“Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business, direct or indirect, in any manner including by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership
arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise). When used as a verb, “Guarantee” has a correlative
meaning. 
 “Guarantors” means any Subsidiary of the Company that Guarantees the Notes in accordance with the provisions of
this Indenture, and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

  
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 “Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the
obligations of such Person under: 
 (1)    interest rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from
floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; 
 (2)    other agreements or
arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and 
 (3)    Oil and Gas Hedging Contracts. 

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered. 

“Hydrocarbons” means oil, natural gas, casing head gas, drip gasoline, natural gasoline, condensate, distillate, liquid
hydrocarbons, gaseous hydrocarbons and all constituents, elements or compounds thereof and products refined or processed therefrom. 

“IAI Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the
Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes resold to Institutional Accredited
Investors. 
 “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding
accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent: 
 (1)    in respect of borrowed money;

 (2)    evidenced by or issued in exchange for bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or
letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof); 
 (3)    in respect of bankers’
acceptances; 
 (4)    representing Capital Lease Obligations; 

(5)    representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due
more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed; or 

(6)    representing any Hedging Obligations, 

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the
specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the
specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person (including, with respect to any Production Payment, any warranties or guarantees of production or payment by
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respect to such Production Payment, but excluding other contractual obligations of such Person with respect to such Production Payment). Subject to the preceding sentence, neither
Dollar-Denominated Production Payments nor Volumetric Production Payments shall be deemed to be Indebtedness. 
 In addition,
“Indebtedness” of any Person shall include Indebtedness described in the preceding paragraph that would not appear as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person if: 

(1)    such Indebtedness is the obligation of a Joint Venture; 

(2)    such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner of the Joint Venture (a
“Joint Venture General Partner”); and 
 (3)    there is recourse, by contract or
operation of law, with respect to the payment of such Indebtedness to property or assets of such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person; and then such Indebtedness shall be included in an amount not to exceed: 

(a)    the lesser of (i) the net assets of the Joint Venture General Partner and (ii) the amount of such
obligations to the extent that there is recourse, by contract or operation of law, to the property or assets of such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person; or 

(b)    if less than the amount determined pursuant to clause (a) immediately above, the actual amount of
such Indebtedness that is recourse to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, if the Indebtedness is evidenced by a writing and is for a determinable amount and the related interest expense shall be included in Fixed Charges to the
extent actually paid by such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries. 
 Notwithstanding the preceding, “Indebtedness” of a Person
shall not include: 
 (1)    any indebtedness that has been defeased in accordance with GAAP or defeased
pursuant to the deposit of cash or Cash Equivalents (in an amount sufficient to satisfy all such indebtedness obligations at maturity or redemption, as applicable, and all payments of interest and premium, if any) in a trust or account created or
pledged for the sole benefit of the holders of such indebtedness, and subject to no other Liens; 

(2)    any obligation of such Person in respect of a farm-in agreement or similar arrangement whereby such
Person agrees to pay all or a share of the drilling, completion or other expenses of an exploratory or development well (which agreement may be subject to a maximum payment obligation, after which expenses are shared in accordance with the working
or participation interest therein or in accordance with the agreement of the parties) or perform the drilling, completion or other operation on such well in exchange for an ownership interest in an oil or gas property; and 

  
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 (3)    any repayment or reimbursement obligation of such
Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Customary Recourse Exceptions, unless and until an event or circumstance occurs that triggers the Person’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s direct repayment or reimbursement
obligation (as opposed to contingent or performance obligations) to the lender or other Person to whom such obligation is actually owed, in which case the amount of such direct payment or reimbursement obligation shall constitute Indebtedness. 

“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time. 

“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant. 

“Initial Notes” means the first $450.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date
hereof.
 “Initial Purchasers” means, with respect to the Initial Notes, Barclays Capital Inc., RBC Capital Markets, LLC,
Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., ABN AMRO Securities (USA) LLC, BBVA Securities Inc., BOK Financial Securities, Inc., Comerica Securities,
Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., BMO Capital Markets Corp., Capital One Securities, Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., ING Financial Markets LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, BB&T Capital
Markets, a division of BB&T Securities, LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC, and, with respect to any Additional Notes issued under Rule 144A, the initial purchasers thereof. 

“Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule
501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who is not also a QIB. 
 “Investments” means, with respect to any
Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances
to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities (excluding any interest in an oil or natural gas leasehold to the extent
constituting a security under applicable law), together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or
otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company
will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the
final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as provided in the 

  
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final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made and without giving effect
to subsequent changes in value. 
 “Joint Venture” means a partnership or joint venture that is not a Restricted
Subsidiary. 
 “Letter of Transmittal” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all
Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with a Registered Exchange Offer. 
 “Lien” means, with respect
to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of
any jurisdiction. 
 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and any successor to the ratings business
thereof. 
 “Net Proceeds” means the aggregate amount of cash proceeds and Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale but excluding any non-cash consideration deemed
to be cash for purposes of Section 4.10 hereof), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale,
taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than
revolving credit Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment or indemnification obligations in respect of the sale price of such asset or
assets established in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness: 

(1)    as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support
of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) or (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, except for Customary Recourse Exceptions; and 

(2)    as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the
Capital Stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than the Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary), except for Customary Recourse Exceptions. 

“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person. 

  
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 “Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s
Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, as provided in Article 10 hereof. 
 “Notes” has the meaning assigned to it
in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall
include the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes. 
 “Obligations” means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness. 

“Offering Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum of the Company, dated December 12, 2016, relating to the initial offering
of the Notes. 
 “Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person. 

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof and is signed on behalf
of the Company by two of the Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Company in the case of the Officers’ Certificate delivered
pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof. 
 “Oil and Gas Business” means (i) the acquisition, exploration, development, production,
operation and disposition of interests in oil, gas and other Hydrocarbon properties, (ii) the gathering, marketing, treating, processing (but not refining), storage, selling and transporting of any production from such interests or properties, (iii)
any business relating to exploration for or development, production, treatment, processing (but not refining), storage, transportation or marketing of oil, gas and other minerals and products produced in association therewith and (iv) any activity
that is ancillary to or necessary or appropriate for the activities described in clauses (i) through (iii) of this definition. 

“Oil and Gas Hedging Contracts” means any puts, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, forward contract,
commodity swap agreement, commodity option agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement in respect of Hydrocarbons to be used, produced, processed or sold by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are customary in the Oil and
Gas Business and designed to protect such Person against fluctuation in Hydrocarbons prices and not for speculative purposes. 

“Oil and Gas Properties” means all properties, including equity or other ownership interest therein, owned by such Person or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which contain or are believed to contain Proved Reserves. 

  
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 “Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof. Such counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee. 

“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the
Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream). 

“Participating Broker-Dealer” has the meaning set forth in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement. 

“Permitted Acquisition Indebtedness” means Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock was Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of any other Person existing at the time (a) such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or (b) such Person was merged or
consolidated with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that on the date such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or the date such Person was merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable, either 
 (1)    immediately after giving effect to such
transaction and any related financing transaction on a pro forma basis as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, the Company or such Person (if the Company is not the survivor in the transaction) would be
permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof, or 

(2)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction and any related financing transaction on a pro
forma basis as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company or such Person (if the Company is not the survivor in the transaction) is equal to or greater than the
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such transaction. 
 “Permitted Business Investments” means
investments made in the ordinary course of, and of a nature that is or shall have become customary in, the Oil and Gas Business as a means of actively exploiting, exploring for, acquiring, developing, processing, gathering, marketing or transporting
oil and gas through agreements, transactions, interests or arrangements which permit one to share risks or costs, comply with regulatory requirements regarding local ownership or satisfy other objectives customarily achieved through the conduct of
Oil and Gas Business jointly with third parties, including (i) ownership interests in oil, natural gas, other Hydrocarbon properties or any interest therein or gathering, transportation, processing, storage or related systems, (ii) Investments in
the form of or pursuant to operating agreements, processing agreements, farm-in agreements, farm-out agreements, developments agreements, area of mutual interest agreements, unitization agreements, pooling agreements, joint bidding agreements,
service contracts, joint venture agreements, partnership agreements (whether general or limited), subscription agreements, stock purchase agreements and other similar agreements with third parties, and (iii) direct or indirect ownership interests or
Investments in drilling rigs, fracturing units and other related equipment or in Persons that own or provide such equipment. 

  
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 “Permitted Investments” means: 

(1)    any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; 

(2)    any Investment in Cash Equivalents; 

(3)    any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a
result of such Investment: 
 (a)    such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or 

(b)    such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its properties or assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; 

(4)    any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was
made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof, including pursuant to an Asset Swap; 

(5)    any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company; 
 (6)    any Investments received in compromise or
resolution of (a) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon
the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or (b) litigation, arbitration or other disputes; 

(7)    Investments represented by Hedging Obligations; 

(8)    loans or advances to officers, directors or employees made in the ordinary course of business of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2.5 million at any one time outstanding; 

(9)    repurchases of the Notes; 

(10)    any Guarantee of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 4.09 hereof other than a
Guarantee of Indebtedness of an Affiliate of the Company that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; 

(11)    any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to binding commitments existing on, the date of this
Indenture and any Investment consisting of an extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on, or made pursuant to a binding commitment existing on, the date of this Indenture; provided that the amount of any such Investment
may be increased (a) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the date of this Indenture or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture; 

  
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 (12)    Investments acquired after the date of this Indenture
as a result of the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of another Person, including by way of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or all or
substantially all of the properties or assets of another Person, in each case, in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 hereof to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger,
amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation; 

(13)    Permitted Business Investments; and 

(14)    other Investments in any Person other than an Affiliate of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of
the Company having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14) that
are at the time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (a) $100.0 million and (b) 5.0% of the Company’s Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (14) is made in
any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above
and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (14) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary. 

“Permitted Liens” means: 

(1)    Liens on assets of the Company or any Guarantor securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under
Credit Facilities that were permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt or securing Hedging Obligations related thereto or securing Obligations with regard to Treasury Management
Arrangements; 
 (2)    Liens in favor of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; 

(3)    Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company or such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
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 (4)    Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing
at the time of acquisition of the property by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to such acquisition and not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition; 

(5)    Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, insurance, surety or appeal bonds,
workers’ compensation obligations, bid, plugging and abandonment and performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (including Liens to secure letters of credit issued to assure payment of
such obligations); 
 (6)    Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted
by Section 4.09(b)(4) hereof covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness; 

(7)    Liens existing on the date of this Indenture; 

(8)    Liens created for the benefit of (or to secure) the Notes (or the Note Guarantees); 

(9)    Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this
Indenture; provided, however, that 
 (a)    the new Lien is limited to all or part of the same
property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to, such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and 

(b)    the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x)
the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged with such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and
expenses, including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding, refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge; 

(10)    Liens on insurance policies and proceeds thereof, or other deposits, to secure insurance premium
financings; 
 (11)    filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements as a precautionary measure
in connection with operating leases; 
 (12)    bankers’ Liens, rights of setoff, Liens arising out
of judgments or awards not constituting an Event of Default and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made; 

  
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 (13)    Liens on cash, Cash Equivalents or other property
arising in connection with the defeasance, discharge or redemption of Indebtedness; 
 (14)    Liens on
specific items of inventory or other goods (and the proceeds thereof) of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created in the ordinary course of business for the account of such Person
to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods; 
 (15)    grants of
software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of business; 
 (16)    Liens arising out
of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business; 

(17)    Liens in respect of Production Payments and Reserve Sales; provided, that such Liens are
limited to the property that is subject to such Production Payments and Reserve Sales; 
 (18)    Liens
arising under oil and gas leases or subleases, assignments, farm-out agreements, farm-in agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, purchase, exchange, transportation, gathering or processing of Hydrocarbons, unitizations and pooling
designations, declarations, orders and agreements, development agreements, joint venture agreements, partnership agreements, operating agreements, royalties, working interests, net profits interests, joint interest billing arrangements,
participation agreements, production sales contracts, area of mutual interest agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements, seismic or
geophysical permits or agreements, licenses, sublicenses and other agreements which are customary in the Oil and Gas Business; provided, however, in all instances that such Liens are limited to the assets that are the subject of the relevant
agreement, program, order or contract; 
 (19)    Liens to secure performance of Hedging Obligations of
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; 

(20)    Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company with respect to Indebtedness that does not exceed in aggregate principal amount, at any time outstanding, the greater of (a) $100.0 million and (b) 5.0% of the Company’s Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets determined as of the
date of such incurrence; and 
 (21)    any Lien renewing, extending, refinancing or refunding a Lien
permitted by clauses (1) through (20) above, provided that (a) the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not increased except by an amount equal to a reasonable premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and
expenses reasonably incurred, in connection therewith and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder and (b) no assets encumbered by any such Lien other than the 

  
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assets permitted to be encumbered immediately prior to such renewal, extension, refinance or refund are encumbered thereby (other than improvements thereon, accessions thereto and proceeds
thereof). 
 “Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any Disqualified Stock of the Company issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than intercompany Indebtedness) or any Disqualified Stock of the Company; provided that: 

(1)    the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), or in the case of Disqualified Stock, the
amount thereof determined in accordance with the definition of Disqualified Stock, of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness or the amount of the
Disqualified Stock renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness or accrued and unpaid dividends on the Disqualified Stock, as the case may be, and the amount of all fees and expenses,
including premiums, incurred in connection therewith); 
 (2)    such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
has a final maturity date or redemption date, as applicable, that is (a) later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness or
Disqualified Stock being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged or (b) more than 90 days after the final maturity date of the Notes; 

(3)    if the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is
subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantees, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantees, as applicable, on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of
Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and 

(4)    such Indebtedness is incurred (other than by way of a Guarantee) either by the Company or by the
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged. 

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity. 
 “Preferred Stock” means, with
respect to any Person, any and all preferred or preference stock or other similar Equity Interests (however designated) of such Person whether outstanding or issued after the date of this Indenture. 

“Prior Issue Date” means September 26, 2014, the original date of issuance of the Existing Notes. 

  
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 “Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(1)
hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture. 

“Production Payments” means Dollar-Denominated Production Payments and Volumetric Production Payments, collectively. 

“Production Payments and Reserve Sales” means the grant or transfer by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to
any Person of a royalty, overriding royalty, net profits interest, Production Payment, partnership or other interest in Oil and Gas Properties, reserves or the right to receive all or a portion of the production or the proceeds from the sale of
production attributable to such properties where the holder of such interest has recourse solely to such production or proceeds of production, subject to the obligation of the grantor or transferor to operate and maintain, or cause the subject
interests to be operated and maintained, in a reasonably prudent manner or other customary standard or subject to the obligation of the grantor or transferor to indemnify for environmental, title or other matters customary in the Oil and Gas
Business, including any such grants or transfers pursuant to incentive compensation programs on terms that are reasonably customary in the Oil and Gas Business for geologists, geophysicists or other providers of technical services to the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. 
 “Proved Reserves” means crude oil and natural gas reserves constituting “proved
oil and gas reserves” as defined in Rule 4-10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act. 
 “QIB” means a
“qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A. 
 “Rating Decline” means the occurrence of a decrease
of one or more gradations (including gradations within rating categories as well as between rating categories) in the rating of the Notes by either S&P or Moody’s. 

“Registered Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement. 

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 27, 2016, among the Company,
the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements among the
Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to register such Additional Notes
under the Securities Act. 
 “Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend
and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903
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 “Reporting Default” means a Default described in Section 6.01(d) hereof. 

“Responsible Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of
the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. 

“Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend. 

“Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend. 

“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment. 

“Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S. 

“Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, and any successor to the ratings business thereof. 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

‘‘Senior Debt’’ means: 

(1)    all Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor outstanding under Credit Facilities, all Hedging Obligations, all
Treasury Management Arrangements and all Obligations with respect to any of the foregoing; 
 (2)    any other
Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or
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 (3)    all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding
clauses (1) and (2). 
 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding sentence, Senior Debt will not include: 

(1)    any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Company; 

(2)    any intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the Company or any of its Affiliates;

 (3)    any trade payables; 

(4)    the portion of any Indebtedness that is incurred in violation of this Indenture; provided that Indebtedness
under a Credit Facility will not cease to be ‘‘Senior Debt’’ by virtue of this clause (4) if it was advanced on the basis of an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that it was permitted to be incurred under this Indenture;
or 
 (5)    Indebtedness which is classified as non-recourse in accordance with GAAP or any unsecured claim arising in
respect thereof by reason of the application of section 1111(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code. 
 “Shelf Registration
Statement” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in
Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture. 

“Special Interest” has the meaning assigned to that term pursuant to the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on
which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the first date it was incurred in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, and will not include any contingent obligations
to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof; provided that, in the case of debt securities that are by their terms convertible into Capital Stock (or cash or a
combination of cash and Capital Stock based on the value of the Capital Stock) of the Company, any obligation to offer to repurchase such debt securities on a date(s) specified in the original terms of such securities, which obligation is not
subject to any condition or contingency, will be treated as a Stated Maturity date of such convertible debt securities. 

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 (1)    any corporation, association or other business entity
(other than a partnership or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of its Voting Stock is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that
Person (or a combination thereof); and 
 (2)    any partnership or limited liability company of which
(a) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the
other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (b) such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or
otherwise controls such entity. 
 “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C.
§§ 77aaa-77bbbb). 
 “Treasury Management Arrangement” means any agreement or other arrangement governing
the provision of treasury or cash management services, including deposit accounts, overdraft, credit or debit card, funds transfer, automated clearinghouse, zero balance accounts, returned check concentration, controlled disbursement, lockbox,
account reconciliation and reporting and trade finance services and other cash management services. 
 “Treasury Rate”
means, in respect of any redemption date, the yield to maturity, as of the time of computation, of the most recently issued United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve
Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such time (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the
period from the redemption date to January 15, 2020; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to January 15, 2020, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. The Company will (a) calculate the Treasury Rate no later than the second (and no earlier than the fourth) Business Day preceding the applicable redemption date (or, in the case of any
redemption in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, on the Business Day preceding such event) and (b) prior to such redemption date file with the Trustee a statement setting forth the Applicable
Premium and the Treasury Rate and showing the calculation of each in reasonable detail. 
 “Trustee” means U.S. Bank
National Association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder. 

“Unrestricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement
Legend. 
 “Unrestricted Global Note” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private
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 “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company (including any
newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary or a Person becoming a Subsidiary through merger or consolidation or Investment therein) that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of
the Board of Directors, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary: 
 (1)    has no Indebtedness other
than Non-Recourse Debt; 
 (2)    except as permitted by Section 4.11 hereof, is not party to any
agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company; 

(3)    is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any
direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and 

(4)    has not Guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to the extent such Guarantee would be released upon such designation. 
 All
Subsidiaries of an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall also be Unrestricted Subsidiaries. 
 “U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as
defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities Act. 
 “Volumetric Production Payments” means production payment
obligations recorded as deferred revenue in accordance with GAAP, together with all undertakings and obligations in connection therewith. 

“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person entitling the holders thereof
(whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of Capital Stock has voting power by reason of any contingency) to vote in the election of members of the Board of Directors of such Person; provided that with respect to a limited
partnership or other entity which does not have a Board of Directors, Voting Stock means the Capital Stock of the general partner of such limited partnership or other business entity with the ultimate authority to manage the business and operations
of such Person. 
 “Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock at any
date, the number of years obtained by dividing: 
 (1)    the sum of the products obtained by multiplying
(a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity or redemption, in respect of the Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, by (b) the number of
years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by 

  
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 (2)    the then outstanding aggregate amount of such
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock. 
 Section 1.02    Other Definitions. 

 

					
	 Term
	  	Defined in
Section	 
	 “Affiliate Transaction”
	  	 	4.11	  
	 “Alternate Offer”
	  	 	4.15	  
	 “Asset Sale Offer”
	  	 	4.10	  
	 “Authentication Order”
	  	 	2.02	  
	 “Cash Consideration”
	  	 	4.10	  
	 “Change of Control Offer”
	  	 	4.15	  
	 “Change of Control Payment”
	  	 	4.15	  
	 “Change of Control Payment Date”
	  	 	4.15	  
	 “Covenant Defeasance”
	  	 	8.03	  
	 “DTC”
	  	 	2.03	  
	 “Event of Default”
	  	 	6.01	  
	 “Excess Proceeds”
	  	 	4.10	  
	 “incur”
	  	 	4.09	  
	 “Initial Lien”
	  	 	4.12	  
	 “Legal Defeasance”
	  	 	8.02	  
	 “Offer Amount”
	  	 	3.09	  
	 “Offer Period”
	  	 	3.09	  
	 “Paying Agent”
	  	 	2.03	  
	 “Payment Default”
	  	 	6.01	  
	 “Permitted Debt”
	  	 	4.09	  
	 “Purchase Date”
	  	 	3.09	  
	 “Registrar”
	  	 	2.03	  
	 “Restricted Payments”
	  	 	4.07	  
	 “Suspension Period”
	  	 	4.18	  

 Section 1.03    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

 The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings: 

“indenture securities” means the Notes; 

“indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note; 

  
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 “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture; 

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and 

“obligor” on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor
upon the Notes and the Note Guarantees, respectively. 
 All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA
reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them. 
 Section
1.04    Rules of Construction. 
 Unless the context otherwise requires: 

(a)    a term has the meaning assigned to it; 

(b)    an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP; 

(c)    “or” is not exclusive; 

(d)    words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; 

(e)    “will” shall be interpreted to express a command; 

(f)    provisions apply to successive events and transactions; 

(g)    “including” shall be interpreted to mean “including, without limitation,” and the use of the
word “including” followed by specific examples shall not be construed as limiting the meaning of the general wording preceding it; and 

(h)    references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of
successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time. 
 ARTICLE 2 

THE NOTES 
 Section
2.01    Form and Dating. 
 (a)    General. The Notes and the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or 

  
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endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000
in excess thereof. 
 The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this
Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the
express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling. 

(b)    Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibits A hereto (including
the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note
Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it
represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to
reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the
direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof. 

(c)    Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the
Euroclear System” and the “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of
beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Note that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
 Section
2.02    Execution and Authentication. 
 At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Company by manual,
facsimile or electronically transmitted signature.
 If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a
Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid. 
 A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the
Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture. 
 The Trustee will, upon
receipt of a written order of the Company signed by an Officer of the Company (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes and any
Exchange Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in
Section 2.07 hereof.

  
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 The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes.
An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal
with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company. 
 Section 2.03    Registrar and Paying Agent. 

The Company will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange
(“Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one
or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar
without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee
shall act as such. The Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. 
 The Company initially
appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. 
 The Company
initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent (at its office in New York, New York indicated in the definition of Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Section 1.01 hereof) and to act as Custodian with respect to the
Global Notes. 
 Section 2.04    Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. 

The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit
of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest or Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the
Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the
Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes. 

  
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 Section 2.05    Holder Lists. 

The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of
all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). 

Section 2.06    Transfer and Exchange. 

(a)    Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All
Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if: 
 (1)    the Depositary (A)
notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90
days after the date of such notice from the Depositary; 
 (2)    the Company, at its option but subject
to the Depositary’s requirements, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the Definitive Notes; or 

(3)    there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default and the Depositary notifies the Trustee of
its decision to exchange such Global Note for Definitive Notes. 
 Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3)
above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and
delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06, 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged
for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof. 

(b)    Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial 

  
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interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial
interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable: 

(1)    Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any
Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend;
provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial
Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to
be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1). 

(2)    All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with
all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either: 

(A)    both: 

(i)    a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance
with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and 

(ii)    instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding
the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or 
 (B)    both: 

(i)    a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance
with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and 

(ii)    instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person
in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (i) above. 

  
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 Upon consummation of a Registered Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with Section 2.06(f) hereof, the
requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(2) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global
Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal
amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof. 
 (3)    Transfer of
Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following: 

(A)    if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; 

(B)    if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global
Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and 

(C)    if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note,
then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable. 

(4)    Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial
Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and: 

(A)    such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the
applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a
Participating Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; 

(B)    such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
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 (C)    such transfer is effected by a Participating
Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or 

(D)    the Registrar receives the following: 

(i)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or 

(ii)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 and, in each such case set forth in Section 2.06(b)(4)(D) hereof, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require,
an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are
no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. 
 If any such transfer is effected pursuant to either Section
2.06(b)(4)(B) or (D) hereof at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred. 

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form
of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. 
 (c)    Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for
Definitive Notes. 
 (1)    Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted
Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in
the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation: 

(A)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof; 

  
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 (B)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a
QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; 

(C)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in
accordance with Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; 

(D)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; 

(E)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance
on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and
Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable; 
 (F)    if such beneficial interest is
being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or 

(G)    if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, 
 the Trustee
shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such
authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to
the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to
all restrictions on transfer contained therein. 
 (2)    Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes
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 (A)    such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to a
Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal that it is not (i) a Participating Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; 

(B)    such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
applicable Registration Rights Agreement; 
 (C)    such transfer is effected by a Participating
Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or 

(D)    the Registrar receives the following: 

(i)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or 

(ii)    if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; 

and, in each such case set forth in Section 2.06(c)(2)(D) hereof, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no
longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. 
 (3)    Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note
to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through
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the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued
in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend. 

(d)    Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests. 

(1)    Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder
of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation: 
 (A)    if
the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

 (B)    if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A,
a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; 

(C)    if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore
transaction in accordance with Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; 

(D)    if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof; 

(E)    if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in
reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates
and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable; 
 (F)    if such Restricted
Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or 

(G)    if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, 

  
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 the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, and will increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all
other cases, the IAI Global Note. 
 (2)    Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of
a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if: 
 (A)    such exchange or transfer is
effected pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal that it is not (i) a Participating Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; 

(B)    such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
applicable Registration Rights Agreement; 
 (C)    such transfer is effected by a Participating
Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or 

(D)    the Registrar receives the following: 

(i)    if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in
the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or 

(ii)    if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; 

and, in each such case set forth in Section 2.06(d)(2)(D) hereof, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an
Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no
longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. 

  
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 Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section
2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note. 

(3)    Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder
of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the
Unrestricted Global Notes. 
 If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected
pursuant to subparagraph (2)(B), (2)(D) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will
authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred. 

(e)    Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes
and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or
surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the
requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e). 

(1)    Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note
may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following: 

(A)    if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; 
 (B)    if the
transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and 

  
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 (C)    if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if
applicable. 
 (2)    Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if: 

(A)    such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to a Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the
applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (i) a Participating Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; 

(B)    any such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the
applicable Registration Rights Agreement; 
 (C)    any such transfer is effected by a Participating
Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or 

(D)    the Registrar receives the following: 

(i)    if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or 

(ii)    if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof; 

and, in each such case set forth in Section 2.06(e)(2)(D) hereof, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably
acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act. 
 (3)    Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
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thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the
instructions from the Holder thereof. 
 (f)    Registered Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of a Registered
Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate: 

(1)    one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount
of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Registered Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Participating Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not
participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; and 

(2)    Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the Registered Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not Participating Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a distribution
of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company. 
 Concurrently with the issuance of such
Notes, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of
Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount. 
 (g)    Legends.
The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued hereunder unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions hereof. 

(1)    Private Placement Legend. 

(A)    Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all
Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form: 
 THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED
UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS, EXCEPT AS
SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (A
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NOTE FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) (AN “IAI”), (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT, WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO UNDER RULE 144 (TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE
PROVISIONS OF RULE 144(d) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IF APPLICABLE) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AS IN EFFECT ON THE DATE OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE, RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) TO A
PERSON WHOM THE HOLDER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QIB PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QIB IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE
904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (E) TO AN IAI THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER
CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES AT THE
TIME OF TRANSFER OF LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT OR (F) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS NOTE OR AN INTEREST HEREIN IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS
NOTE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN WITHIN THE TIME PERIOD REFERRED TO ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST COMPLETE AND SUBMIT TO THE TRUSTEE THE CERTIFICATE SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE RELATING TO THE MANNER OF SUCH TRANSFER AND SUBMIT THIS CERTIFICATE TO THE TRUSTEE.
AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. THE INDENTURE CONTAINS A PROVISION REQUIRING
THE TRUSTEE TO REFUSE TO REGISTER ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN VIOLATION OF THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS. 

(B)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs
(b)(4), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or (f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend. 

(2)    Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following
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 “THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE
IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2)
THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. 
 UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN
DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO
A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR
ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.” 
 (h)    Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial
interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or beneficial interests in other Global Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will
be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee
or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global
Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase. 

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 (1)    To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges,
the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request. 

(2)    No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder
of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes
or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof). 

(3)    All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global
Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits hereunder, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. 

(4)    Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required: 

(A)    to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection; 

(B)    to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or 
 (C)    to register the transfer
of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date. 

(5)    Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and
the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee,
any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 (6)    The Trustee will
authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof. 

(7)    All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar
pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile. 
 Section
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 If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required
by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of
them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note. 
 Every replacement Note is an
additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder. 

Section 2.08    Outstanding Notes. 

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for
cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does
not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof. 

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that
the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser. 
 If the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it
ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue. 
 If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate
of any thereof) holds, by 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on a redemption date or other maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to
accrue interest. 
 Section 2.09    Treasury Notes. 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned
by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the
purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded. 

  
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 Section 2.10    Temporary Notes. 

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Without unreasonable delay, the Company will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. 

Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture. 

Section 2.11    Cancellation. 

The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any
Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will destroy canceled Notes
(subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 
 Section 2.12    Defaulted Interest. 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent
lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the
amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be
less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company)
will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid. 

  
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 Section 2.13    CUSIP Numbers. 

The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers. 

ARTICLE 3 
 REDEMPTION AND
PREPAYMENT 
 Section 3.01    Notices to Trustee. 

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee,
at least five Business Days prior to the giving of notice of a redemption, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth: 

(a)    the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur; 

(b)    the redemption date; 

(c)    the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and 

(d)    the redemption price (if then determined and otherwise the method of determination). 

Section 3.02    Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed. 

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption on a pro rata basis (or, in
the case of Notes issued in global form pursuant to Article 2 hereof, by such method as DTC or its nominee or successor may require or, where such nominee or successor is the Trustee, a method that most nearly approximates pro rata selection
as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate unless otherwise required by law) unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange or depositary requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part.

 In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not
less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption. 

The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. 

  
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 Section 3.03    Notice of Redemption. 

At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, or send
electronically if DTC is the recipient, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be sent more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued
in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article 8 or 11 hereof. 
 The
notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state: 
 (a)    the redemption date; 

(b)    the redemption price (if then determined and otherwise the method of determination); 

(c)    if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that,
after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note; 

(d)    the name and address of the Paying Agent; 

(e)    that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; 

(f)    that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases
to accrue on and after the redemption date; 
 (g)    the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture
pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and 
 (h)    that no representation is made as to
the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes. 
 At the Company’s request,
the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that the Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof requests that the
Trustee give such notice and sets forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph. 
 Any such
redemption may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent specified in the notice of redemption. If such redemption is subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the related notice shall
describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the date of redemption may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived


  
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(provided that in no event shall such date of redemption be delayed to a date later than 60 days after the date on which such notice was sent), or such redemption may not occur and such
notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied or waived by the date of redemption, or by the date of redemption as so delayed. 

Section 3.04    Effect of Notice of Redemption. 

Once notice of redemption is sent in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable
(subject to the provisions of Section 3.03 hereof) on the redemption date at the redemption price.
 Section
3.05    Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price. 
 No later than 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the redemption or
purchase date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest and Special Interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date.
The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest and
Special Interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased. 
 If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding
paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to
the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption or tendered for
purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal
is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. 

Section 3.06    Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part. 

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the
Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. 

  
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 Section 3.07    Optional Redemption. 

(a)    At any time prior to January 15, 2020, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the
aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture, upon notice as provided in this Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 105.250% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest,
if any, to the date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date), with an amount of cash not greater than the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings
by the Company, provided that: 
 (1)    at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes
originally issued under this Indenture (including any Additional Notes but excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and 

(2)    the redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering. 

(b)    At any time prior to January 15, 2020, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the
Notes, upon notice as provided in this Indenture, at a redemption price equal to: 
 (1)    100% of the
principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus 
 (2)    the Applicable Premium, 

plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). 
 (c)    Except pursuant to Section 3.07(a), (b) or (e)
hereof or Section 4.15(e) hereof, the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to January 15, 2020.

(d)    On or after January 15, 2020, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon
notice as provided in this Indenture, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable date of
redemption, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on January 15 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date: 

 

					
	 Year
	  	Percentage	 
	 2020
	  	 	103.938	% 
	 2021
	  	 	102.625	% 
	 2022
	  	 	101.313	% 
	 2023 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 


  
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 Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue
on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date. 
 (e)    The Company may
redeem all (but not a portion of) the Notes when permitted by, and pursuant to the conditions in, Section 4.15(e) hereof. 

(f)    Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06
hereof. 
 Section 3.08    Mandatory Redemption. 

The Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 

Section 3.09    Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds. 

In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company is required to commence an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders to purchase Notes,
it will follow the procedures specified below. 
 The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and all holders of other Indebtedness
that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase, prepay or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period
of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than three Business Days after
the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata
basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale
Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest payments are made. 
 If the Purchase Date is on or
after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record
date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. 
 Upon the commencement of
an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, or send electronically if DTC is the recipient, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice will contain all instructions and materials
necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state: 

  
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 (a)    that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09
and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer will remain open; 
 (b)    the Offer Amount, the
purchase price and the Purchase Date; 
 (c)    that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to
accrue interest; 
 (d)    that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment
pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will cease to accrue interest on and after the Purchase Date; 
 (e)    that Holders
electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; 

(f)    that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the
Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in
the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date; 
 (g)    that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their
election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, electronic image scan, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder,
the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; 

(h)    that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount allocated
to the purchase of Notes in the Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee will select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis (except that any Notes represented by a Global Note shall be selected by such
method as DTC or its nominee or successor may require or, where such nominee or successor is the Trustee, a method that most nearly approximates pro rata selection as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate unless otherwise required by law)
based on the principal amount of Notes surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased); and 

(i)    that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the
unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer). 

  
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 On or before the Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a
pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer and required to be purchased pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof, or if Notes in an aggregate principal amount
less than the Offer Amount allocated to the purchase of Notes in the Asset Sale Offer have been tendered, all Notes tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’
Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Company, the depositary for the Asset Sale Offer or the Paying Agent, as the case may be,
will promptly (but in any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the
Company will promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any
unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date. 

ARTICLE 4 
 COVENANTS 

Section 4.01    Payment of Notes. 

The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes on
the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, holds as
of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, then due. The Company will
pay all Special Interest, if any, in the same manner on the dates and in the same amounts set forth in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement. 

Section 4.02    Maintenance of Office or Agency. 

The Company will maintain in the City and State of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the
Trustee) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
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 The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the
Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in the City and State of New York for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with
Section 2.03 hereof. 
 Section 4.03    Reports. 

(a)    Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company
will furnish to the Holders of Notes or cause the Trustee to furnish to the Holders of Notes (or file with the SEC for public availability), within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations: 

(1)    all quarterly and annual reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and
10-K if the Company were required to file such reports, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by the
Company’s certified independent accountants; and 
 (2)    all current reports that would be
required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.
 The availability of the foregoing reports
on the SEC’s EDGAR filing system will be deemed to satisfy the foregoing delivery requirements. All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. The
Company will at all times comply with TIA §314(a). 
 If, at any time, the Company is no longer subject to the periodic reporting
requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in the preceding paragraphs with the SEC within the time periods specified above unless the SEC will not accept such a filing. The
Company will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept the Company’s filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports referred to
in the preceding paragraphs on its website within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the SEC. 

For the avoidance of doubt, such reports will not be required to contain any information or item not applicable to an emerging growth company
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 (b)    If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted
Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial information required by Section 4.03(a) will include, to the extent material, a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and
in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and
results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company. 
 (c)    Any and all Defaults or Events of
Default arising from a failure to furnish in a timely manner any report required by this covenant shall be deemed cured (and the Company shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Section 4.03) upon filing or posting such report as contemplated
by this covenant (but without regard to the date on which such report is so filed or posted); provided that such cure shall not otherwise affect the rights of the Holders under Article 6 hereof if the principal of, premium, if any, on, and
interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes have been accelerated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such acceleration has not been rescinded or cancelled prior to such cure. 

(d)    The Company will furnish to the Holders and Beneficial Owners of the Notes and to the securities analysts, broker
dealers and prospective investors, upon their request, any information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act so long as the Notes are not freely transferable under the Securities Act. 

Section 4.04    Compliance Certificate. 

(a)    The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to
the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the
signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her
knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a
Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto). 

(b)    So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days of any Officer
of the Company becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, a written statement specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

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 The Company will pay, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all
material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

Section 4.06    Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. 

The Company and each of the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead,
or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the
Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

Section 4.07    Restricted Payments. 

(a)    The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: 

(1)    declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the
Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of
the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company and other than dividends or
distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company); 
 (2)    repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company; 

(3)    make any payment on or with respect to, or repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or
retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee (excluding (a) any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries and (b) any such subordinated Indebtedness repaid, acquired or retired for value in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of payment,
acquisition or retirement), except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; or 

  
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 (4)    make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and
other actions set forth in clauses (1) through (4) of this Section 4.07(a) being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), 

unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment: 

(A)    no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of
such Restricted Payment; 
 (B)    the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after
giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; and 
 (C)    such Restricted Payment, together with the
aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries since the Prior Issue Date (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10) of Section 4.07(b)
hereof), is less than the sum, without duplication, of: 
 (i)    50% of the Consolidated Net Income of
the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from July 1, 2014 to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if
such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus  

(ii)    100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of property or securities other
than cash (including Capital Stock of Persons, other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, engaged primarily in the Oil and Gas Business or assets used in the Oil and Gas Business), in each case received by the Company since the Prior
Issue Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than (x) Disqualified Stock and (y) net cash proceeds received from an issuance or sale of such Equity Interests to a
Subsidiary of the Company or an employee stock ownership plan, option plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan, option plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or Guaranteed by the Company or any
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 (iii)    to the extent not already included in Consolidated
Net Income for such period, if any Restricted Investment that was made by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Prior Issue Date is sold for cash (other than to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company) or otherwise
cancelled, liquidated or repaid for cash, the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment resulting from such sale, liquidation or repayment (less any out-of-pocket costs incurred in connection with any such sale); plus

 (iv)    the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries is
reduced on the Company’s balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange (other than by a Subsidiary of the Company) subsequent to the Prior Issue Date of any such Indebtedness for Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company
(less the amount of any cash, or the Fair Market Value of any other property (other than such Equity Interests), distributed by the Company upon such conversion or exchange and excluding the net cash proceeds from the conversion or exchange
financed, directly or indirectly, using funds borrowed from the Company or any Subsidiary), together with the net proceeds, if any, received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries upon such conversion or exchange; plus 

(v)    to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company designated as such after the
Prior Issue Date is redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or otherwise disposes of all of substantially all of its properties or assets to or is
liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Prior Issue Date, the lesser of, as of the date of such redesignation, merger, consolidation, transfer, disposition or liquidation, (A) the Fair Market Value of the Company’s
Restricted Investment in such Subsidiary (or of the properties or assets disposed of, as applicable) as of the date of such redesignation, merger, consolidation, transfer, disposition or liquidation and (B) such Fair Market Value as of the date on
which such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Prior Issue Date; plus 

(vi)    any dividends or distributions received in cash by the Company or a Guarantor after the
Prior Issue Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, to the extent that such dividends or distributions were not otherwise included in the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for such period. 

(b)    The provisions of Section 4.07(a) hereof will not prohibit: 

(1)    the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within
60 days after the date of declaration of the dividend or distribution or giving of the redemption notice, as the case may be, if at the date of declaration or notice, the dividend, distribution or redemption payment would have complied with the
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 (2)    the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for,
or out of or with the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common
equity capital to the Company; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will not be considered to be net proceeds of Equity Interests for purposes of clause (4)(C)(ii) of Section
4.07(a) hereof and will not be considered to be net cash proceeds from an Equity Offering for purposes of Section 3.07 hereof; 

(3)    the payment of any dividend or distribution by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders
of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis; 
 (4)    the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or to any Note Guarantee with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness; 
 (5)    repurchases of Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or a Note Guarantee at a purchase price not greater than (i) 101% of the principal amount of such subordinated Indebtedness in the event of a Change of Control or (ii) 100% of the principal
amount of such subordinated Indebtedness in the event of an Asset Sale, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, to the extent required by the terms of such Indebtedness, but only if: 

(A)    in the case of a Change of Control, the Company has first complied with and fully satisfied its
obligations under Section 4.15 hereof; or 
 (B)    in the case of an Asset Sale, the Company has
complied with and fully satisfied its obligations in accordance with the covenant in Section 4.10 hereof; 

(6)    so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the repurchase, redemption
or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company held by any current or former officer, director or employee (or permitted transferees thereof) of the Company or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof) pursuant to any equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, shareholders’ agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid
for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed $5.0 million in any twelve-month period (with unused amounts in any twelve-month period being carried over to succeeding twelve-month periods) and in addition,
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employee (or any permitted transferees thereof) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or any direct or indirect parent company thereof), in connection with a repurchase or other
acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of the Company from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.07 or any other provisions of this Indenture; 

(7)    the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock or other equity
options to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock or other equity options and any repurchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests made in lieu of withholding taxes in connection with any
exercise or exchange of stock options, warrants, incentives or other rights to acquire Equity Interests; 

(8)    so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby,
the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company issued on or after the
Prior Issue Date in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio Test described in Section 4.09(a) hereof; 

(9)    payments of cash, dividends, distributions, advances or other Restricted Payments by the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon (i) the exercise of options or warrants or (ii) the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person; and 

(10)    so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused
thereby, other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50.0 million since the Prior Issue Date. 
 The amount of all
Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment (or, in the case of a dividend or distribution, on the date of declaration) of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued
by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.07 will be determined, in the case of amounts of
$40.0 million or more, by the Board of Directors of the Company whose resolution with respect thereto will be delivered to the Trustee.     

Section 4.08    Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries. 

(a)    The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or
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 (1)    pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided that the priority that any series of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary has in receiving dividends, distributions or liquidating distributions before dividends, distributions or liquidating distributions are paid in respect
of common stock of such Restricted Subsidiary shall not constitute a restriction on the ability to make dividends or distributions on Capital Stock for purposes of this Section 4.08; 

(2)    make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (it being understood
that the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to other Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans
or advances); or 
 (3)    sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries. 
 (b)    The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) hereof will not apply to encumbrances or
restrictions existing under or by reason of: 
 (1)    agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and
Credit Facilities as in effect on the date of this Indenture and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the encumbrances or restrictions
contained in the amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not, in the reasonable good faith judgment of an Officer of the Company, materially more restrictive, taken as a whole,
with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those agreements on the date of this Indenture; 

(2)    this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees; 

(3)    agreements governing other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09 hereof and any
amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements; provided that the encumbrances or restrictions contained therein are not, in the reasonable good faith judgment of
an Officer of the Company, materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees or the Credit Agreement as in effect on the date of this Indenture 

(4)    applicable law, rule, regulation or order; 

(5)    any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of
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incurred in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the
Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, and any amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, extensions, supplements, increases, refundings, replacements or refinancings thereof; provided, that the encumbrances and
restrictions in any such amendments, restatements, modifications, renewals, extensions, supplements, increases, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the reasonable good faith judgment of an Officer of the Company, no more restrictive,
taken as a whole, than those in effect on the date of the acquisition; provided further, that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred; 

(6)    customary non-assignment provisions in Hydrocarbon purchase and sale or exchange agreements or
similar operational agreements or in licenses, easements or leases, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business; 

(7)    purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capital
Lease Obligations that impose restrictions on the property purchased or leased of the nature described in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof; 

(8)    any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts
distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition; 
 (9)    Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are, in the reasonable good faith judgment of an Officer of the Company, not materially more restrictive,
taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced; 

(10)    Liens permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of
the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens; 
 (11)    provisions limiting the disposition
or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements (including agreements entered into in connection with a Restricted Investment)
entered into with the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements; 

(12)    encumbrances or restrictions applicable only to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Domestic
Subsidiary; 
 (13)    encumbrances or restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by
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 (14)    customary encumbrances and restrictions contained in
agreements of the types described in the definition of Permitted Business Investments. 
 Section 4.09    Incurrence
of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock. 
 (a)    The Company will not, and will not permit any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt),
and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Company may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue
Disqualified Stock, and the Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Preferred Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial
statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or such Preferred Stock is issued, as the case may be, would have been at least 2.25 to 1.0, determined on a pro
forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock or the Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such
four-quarter period. 
 (b)    Section 4.09(a) hereof will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of
Indebtedness or issuances of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable (collectively, “Permitted Debt”): 

(1)    the incurrence by the Company and any Guarantor of additional Indebtedness and letters of credit
under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and the Guarantors
thereunder) not to exceed the greater of (i) $1,100.0 million and (ii) $350.0 million plus 35.0% of the Company’s Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets determined as of the date of such incurrence; 

(2)    the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness; 

(3)    the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Initial Notes
and the related Note Guarantees and the Exchange Notes and the related Note Guarantees to be issued pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement; 

(4)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by
Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant
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any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace,
defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed the greater of (i) $120.0 million and (ii) 3.0% of the Company’s Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets determined as of the date of such incurrence;

 (5)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than intercompany Indebtedness) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any
Disqualified Stock of the Company, in each case that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.09(a) hereof or clause (2), (3), (4), (5), (14) or (15) of this Section 4.09(b); 

(6)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness
between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that: 

(A)    if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness and the payee is not the
Company or a Guarantor, such Indebtedness must be unsecured and expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations then due with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Note Guarantee, in the case of a
Guarantor; and 
 (B)    (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any
such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company, 
 will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6); 
 (7)    the issuance by any of the
Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Preferred Stock; provided, however, that: 

(A)    any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Preferred Stock
being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and 

(B)    any sale or other transfer of any such Preferred Stock to a Person that is not either the Company
or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, 
 will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such Preferred Stock by such
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 (8)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; 

(9)    the Guarantee by the Company or any of the Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that the Guaranteed Indebtedness was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09; provided that if the Indebtedness being Guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with
the Notes, then the Guarantee must be subordinated or pari passu, as applicable, to the same extent as the Indebtedness Guaranteed; 

(10)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of
workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptances, performance, bid, plugging and abandonment, appeal, reimbursement, performance, surety and similar bonds, and completion guarantees provided by the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in the ordinary course of business and any Guarantees or letters of credit functioning as or supporting any of the foregoing bonds or obligations and workers’ compensation claims in the ordinary course of
business; 
 (11)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness
arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five Business Days; 

(12)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of in-kind obligations relating
to net oil or natural gas balancing positions arising in the ordinary course of business; 
 (13)    any
obligation arising from agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn outs, or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the
disposition or acquisition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction permitted by this Indenture; provided that such obligation is not reflected as a liability on the face of the balance sheet of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; 
 (14)    any Permitted Acquisition Indebtedness; and 

(15)    the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness or
the issuance by the Company of any Disqualified Stock in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to renew, refund, refinance, replace,
defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock issued pursuant to this clause (15), not to exceed, at any one time outstanding, the greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) 5.0% of the Company’s Adjusted Consolidated Net
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 The Company will not incur, and will not permit any Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness
(including Permitted Debt) that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the
applicable Note Guarantee on substantially identical terms; provided, however, that no Indebtedness will be deemed to be contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor solely by virtue
of being unsecured or by virtue of being secured on a junior priority basis. 
 For purposes of determining compliance with this Section
4.09, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (15) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Company will
be permitted to divide, classify and reclassify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence, or later redivide or reclassify all or a portion of such item of Indebtedness, in any manner that complies with this Section
4.09. Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement outstanding on the date on which Notes are first issued and authenticated under this Indenture will initially be deemed to have been incurred on such date in reliance on the exception provided by
clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt.
 The accrual of interest or Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock dividends or
distributions, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness not secured by a Lien in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, the reclassification of Preferred Stock or
Disqualified Stock as Indebtedness due to a change in accounting principles, and the payment of dividends or distributions on Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares or units of the same class of Preferred Stock or
Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09; provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed
Charges of the Company as accrued to the extent required by the definition of such term. 
 The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of
any date will be: 
 (a)    the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original
issue discount; 
 (b)    the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness; and 

(c)    in respect of Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on the assets of the specified Person, the lesser
of: 
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 (2)    the amount of the Indebtedness of the other Person.

 Section 4.10    Asset Sales. 

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless: 

(a)    the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of the
Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value (measured as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Asset Sale) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and 

(b)    at least 75% of the aggregate consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
and all other Asset Sales since the Prior Issue Date is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (collectively, “Cash Consideration”). For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash: 

(1)    any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a novation or
indemnity agreement that releases the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from or indemnifies the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary against further liability; 

(2)    with respect to any Asset Sale of oil and natural gas properties by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries where the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary retains an interest in such property, the aggregate costs and expenses of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary related to the exploration, development, completion or
production of such properties and activities related thereto that the transferee (or an Affiliate thereof) agrees to pay; 

(3)    any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary
from such transferee that are, within 180 days of the Asset Sale, converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; 

(4)    any Capital Stock or assets of the kind referred to in clause (2) or (4) of Section 4.10(c) hereof;
and 
 (5)    any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (5) since the Prior Issue Date, not to exceed an amount equal to 5.0% of the Company’s
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of such Designated Non-cash Consideration), with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to
subsequent changes in value. 
 (c)    Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the
Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries may apply an amount equal to the amount of such Net Proceeds at its option to any combination of the following: 

(1)    to repay, repurchase or redeem any Senior Debt; 

(2)    to acquire all or substantially all of the assets, or any Capital Stock, of one or more other
Persons primarily engaged in the Oil and Gas Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; 

(3)    to make capital expenditures in respect of the Company’s or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries’ Oil and Gas Business; or 
 (4)    to acquire other assets that are not classified as
current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in the Oil and Gas Business. 
 The requirement of clause (2) or (4) of Section
4.10(c) hereof shall be deemed to be satisfied if a bona fide binding contract committing to make the acquisition referred to therein is entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with a Person other than an Affiliate of the
Company within the time period specified in the preceding paragraph and such Net Proceeds are subsequently applied in accordance with such contract within 180 days following the date such agreement is entered into. 

Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may invest the Net Proceeds in any manner
that is not prohibited by this Indenture. 
 If the Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Sections
4.10(b) and 4.10(c) hereof will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, within five days thereof, the Company will make an offer (an “Asset Sale Offer”)
to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Section 4.10 with respect to offers to purchase, prepay or redeem such Indebtedness with
the proceeds of sales of assets, to purchase, prepay or redeem, on a pro rata basis, the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness (plus all accrued interest on the Notes and other Indebtedness and
the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith) that may be purchased, prepaid or redeemed out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount,
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase, prepayment or redemption, subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, and will be
payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the


  
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aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered in such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds allocated to the purchase of Notes, the Trustee will select the Notes to be purchased
on a pro rata basis (except that any Notes represented by a Note in global form will be selected by such method as DTC or its nominee or successor may require or, where such nominee or successor is the Trustee, a method that most nearly
approximates pro rata selection as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate unless otherwise required by law), based on the amounts tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations
of $2,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, will be purchased). Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. 

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to
the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with Section 3.09 or this Section 4.10
hereof, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 3.09 hereof or this Section 4.10 by virtue of such compliance. 

Section 4.11    Transactions with Affiliates. 

(a)    The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to or sell,
lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or Guarantee with, or for the
benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless: 

(1)    the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant
Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person or, if in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, no
comparable transaction is available with which to compare such Affiliate Transaction, such Affiliate Transaction is otherwise fair to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view; and 

(2)    the Company delivers to the Trustee: 

(A)    with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving
aggregate consideration in excess of $20.0 million, an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions complies with this Section 4.11; and 

(B)    with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving
aggregate consideration in excess of $40.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an 

  
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Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliated Transactions complies with this Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction or series of
related Affiliate Transactions has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company, if any. 

(b)    The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the
provisions of Section 4.11(a) hereof: 
 (1)    any employment or consulting agreement, employee benefit
plan, officer or director indemnification, compensation or severance agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and payments pursuant thereto; 

(2)    transactions between or among the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; 

(3)    transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company) that is an
Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person; 

(4)    payment of reasonable and customary fees and reimbursements of expenses (pursuant to indemnity
arrangements or otherwise) of officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; 

(5)    any issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company to Affiliates of the
Company; 
 (6)    Restricted Payments that do not violate the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof and any
Permitted Investment; 
 (7)    transactions effected in accordance with the terms of the agreements
described in Exhibit G hereto, as such agreements are in effect on the date of this Indenture, and any amendment or replacement of any of such agreements so long as such amendment or replacement agreement is no less advantageous to the Company in
any material respect than the agreement so amended or replaced; 
 (8)    payments to an Affiliate in
respect of the Notes or any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on the same basis as concurrent payments are made or offered to be made in respect thereof to non-Affiliates; 

(9)    loans or advances to or reimbursements of expenses incurred by employees for moving, entertainment
and travel expenses and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business; 
 (10)    transactions
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the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, and such common director is the sole cause for such other Person to be deemed an Affiliate of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, as the case may be, on any transaction with such
other Person; 
 (11)    in the case of contracts for exploring for, producing, marketing, storing or
otherwise handling Hydrocarbons, or activities or services reasonably related or ancillary thereto, or other operational contracts, any such contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this
Indenture (a) which are fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party, in either case in the reasonable determination of the
Board of Directors of the Company or the senior management thereof, and (b) with respect to which the Company has complied with Section 4.11(a)(2)(A) and 4.11(a)(2)(B) hereof to the extent applicable; and 

(12)    any transaction in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be,
delivers to the Trustee a letter from an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing stating that such transaction is fair to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or that such transaction
meets the requirements of Section 4.11(a)(1) hereof. 
 Section 4.12    Liens. 

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur or assume any Lien (an
“Initial Lien”) of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) securing Indebtedness upon any of their property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired, unless the Notes or any Note Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as
applicable, are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the Indebtedness so secured until such time as such Indebtedness is no longer secured by the Initial Lien. 

Any Lien created for the benefit of Holders of Notes pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be
automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien. 
 Section
4.13    Business Activities. 
 The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to,
engage in any business other than the Oil and Gas Business, except to such extent as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole. 

  
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 Section 4.14    Corporate Existence. 

Subject to Article 5 and Section 10.04 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full
force and effect: 
 (a)    its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary; and 

(b)    the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if the senior management of the Company shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the
Notes. 
 Section 4.15    Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control. 

(a)    Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, except as provided in this Section 4.15, the Company will make an offer
(a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of that Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash (the “Change of Control
Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment Date”),
subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will send a notice to each Holder describing the
transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control and stating: 
 (1)    that the Change
of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; 

(2)    the purchase price and the expiration date of the Change of Control Offer, which shall be no earlier
than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is sent; 
 (3)    that any Note not
tendered will continue to accrue interest; 
 (4)    that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of
the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date; 

  
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 (5)    that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased
pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the
address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date; 

(6)    that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later
than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, electronic image scan, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for
purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and 

(7)    that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in
principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. 

The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to
the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this
Section 4.15, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance. 

(b)    Promptly following the expiration of the Change of Control Offer, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept
for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. Promptly after such acceptance, the Company will, on the Change of Control Payment Date: 

(1)    deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all
Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and 
 (2)    deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Trustee the Notes accepted for payment, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company. 

The Paying Agent will promptly mail (but in any case not later than five days after the Change of Control Payment Date) to each Holder of
Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes (or, if all the Notes are then in global form, it will make such payment through the facilities of DTC), and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be
transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any. The Company will announce publicly the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable
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 (c)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the
Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section
4.15 and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer, (2) notice of redemption of all outstanding Notes has been given pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof, unless and until there is a default in payment of
the applicable redemption price, or (3) in connection with or in contemplation of any Change of Control, the Company has made an offer to purchase (an “Alternate Offer”) any and all Notes validly tendered at a cash price equal to or
higher than the Change of Control Payment and has purchased all Notes properly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Alternate Offer. 

(d)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer may be made
in advance of a Change of Control, conditioned upon the consummation of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time the Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer is made. The closing date of
any Change of Control Offer made in advance of a Change of Control may be changed to conform to the actual closing date of the Change of Control; provided that such closing date is not earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date
the Change of Control Offer notice is sent pursuant to Section 4.15(a) hereof. 
 (e)    In the event that Holders of
not less than 90% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes accept a Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer and the Company (or a third party making the Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer in lieu of the Company as
described in paragraph (c) above) purchases all of the Notes held by such Holders, the Company will have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice, given not more than 30 days following the purchase pursuant to the
Change of Control Offer or Alternate Offer described above, to redeem all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price equal to the Change of Control Payment, plus, to the extent not included in the
Change of Control Payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes that remain outstanding, to the date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is
on or prior to the redemption date). 
 Section 4.16    Additional Note Guarantees. 

If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Domestic Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture that
incurs Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, then, in either case, that Subsidiary will become a Guarantor by executing a supplemental indenture in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto and delivering an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee within
30 days after the date that Subsidiary incurred such Indebtedness.
 Section 4.17    Designation of Restricted and
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 The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to
be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be either (1) an Investment made as of the time of the designation that will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under
Section 4.07(a) hereof or (2) a Permitted Investment under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if
such Restricted Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 
 Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions
and was permitted by Section 4.07 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this
Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 hereof, the
Company will be in default of such covenant. 
 The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary
to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, and
such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable reference period and (2) no Default or
Event of Default would be in existence following such designation. 
 Section 4.18    Covenant Suspension.

 If on any date following the date of this Indenture: (a) the Notes are rated Baa3 or better by Moody’s or BBB- or better by S&P
(or, if either such entity ceases to rate the Notes for reasons outside of the control of the Company, the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any other “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning
of Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act selected by the Company as a replacement agency); and (b) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, then, beginning on that date and subject to the provisions
of this Section 4.18, Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.17 and Section 5.01(a)(4) of this Indenture will be suspended. 
 During any
period that the foregoing Sections have been suspended (the “Suspension Period”), the Company’s Board of Directors may not designate any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 4.17 hereof. 

  
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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the rating assigned to the Notes by both such rating agencies
should subsequently decline to below Baa3 and BBB- from Moody’s or S&P, respectively, the foregoing covenants will be reinstituted as of and from the date both such ratings were below investment grade. Calculations under the reinstated
Section 4.07 hereof will be made as if Section 4.07 hereof had been in effect since the date of this Indenture except that no Default will be deemed to have occurred solely by reason of a Restricted Payment made while that covenant was
suspended. Furthermore, all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be deemed to have been incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(2) hereof. In addition, for purposes of
Section 4.11 hereof, all agreements and arrangements entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate of the Company during the Suspension Period will be deemed to have been entered into prior to the date of this Indenture
and permitted by Section 4.11(b)(7) hereof, and for purposes of Section 4.08 hereof, all contracts entered into during the Suspension Period that contain any of the restrictions contemplated by such covenant will be deemed to have been existing on
the date of this Indenture.
 ARTICLE 5 

SUCCESSORS 
 Section
5.01    Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. 
 (a)    The Company will not: (1)
consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person), or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless: 

(1)    either: (a) the Company is the surviving Person; or (b) the Person formed by or surviving any such
consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United
States or the District of Columbia; and, if such entity is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation organized or existing under any such laws; 

(2)    the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or
the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and (if then in effect), the Registration Rights Agreement, pursuant
to a supplemental indenture and a supplement to the Registration Rights Agreement, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; 

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 (4)    the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any
such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition has been made, would, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related
financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period (a) be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section
4.09(a) hereof or (b) have had a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio equal to or greater than the actual Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company for such four-quarter period. 

(b)    This Section 5.01 will not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of
properties or assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries. Clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a) hereof will not apply to (1) any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into one of its Restricted Subsidiaries for any
purpose or (2) with or into an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction. 
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5.02    Successor Corporation Substituted. 
 Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment,
transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof in which the Company is not the surviving entity, the surviving Person formed by such
consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation,
merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Company shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the predecessor Company), and may exercise every right and
power of the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the predecessor Company herein, and thereafter (except in the case of a lease of all or substantially all of the Company’s properties
or assets), the Company will be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes. 
 ARTICLE 6 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 
 Section
6.01    Events of Default. 
 Each of the following is an “Event of Default”: 

(a)    default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes; 

  
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 (b)    default in the payment when due (at Stated Maturity, upon redemption
or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, the Notes; 
 (c)    failure by the Company to comply with
the provisions of Section 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 hereof; 
 (d)    failure by the Company for 180 days after notice to
the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with Section 4.03 hereof; 

(e)    failure by the Company for 60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of its other agreements in this Indenture; 

(f)    default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be
secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is Guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now
exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, if that default: 
 (1)    is caused by a failure
to pay principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest, if any, on such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “Payment Default”); or

(2)    results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its Stated Maturity, 

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which
there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $35.0 million or more; provided, however, that if, prior to any acceleration of the Notes, (i) any such Payment Default is cured or waived, (ii) any
such acceleration is rescinded, or (iii) such Indebtedness is repaid during the 10 Business Day period commencing upon the end of any applicable grace period for such Payment Default or the occurrence of such acceleration, as the case may be, any
Default or Event of Default (but not any acceleration of the Notes) caused by such Payment Default or acceleration shall be automatically rescinded, so long as such rescission does not conflict with any judgment, decree or applicable law; 

(g)    failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts of
competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $35.0 million (to the extent not covered by insurance by a reputable and creditworthy insurer as to which the insurer has not disclaimed coverage), which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed,
for a period of 60 days; 
 (h)    the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law: 

  
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 (1)    commences a voluntary case, 

(2)    consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, 

(3)    consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,

 (4)    makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or 

(5)    generally is not paying its debts as they become due; 

(i)    a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: 

(1)    is for relief against the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; 

(2)    appoints a custodian of the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that
is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or 

(3)    orders the liquidation of the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that is a
Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; and 

(j)    except as permitted by this Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or
invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee. 

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 In the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or 6.01(i) hereof, with respect
to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due
and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be
due and payable immediately. 
 Upon any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately.

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all
of the Holders of all the Notes, rescind an acceleration and its consequences hereunder, if, among other things, (1) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, (2) all existing Events of
Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest or Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes that has become due solely by such declaration of such acceleration, have been cured or waived and (3) the Trustee
has been paid all amounts then owing to the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. 
 Section 6.03    Other Remedies.

 If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of,
premium, if any, on, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture. 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay
or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are
cumulative to the extent permitted by law. 
 Section 6.04    Waiver of Past Defaults. 

The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the
Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest and Special Interest, if any,
on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase); provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any
related payment default that resulted from such acceleration, as provided in Section 6.02. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose
of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 

  
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 Section 6.05    Control by Majority. 

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with
law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability. 

Section 6.06    Limitation on Suits. 

No Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless: 

(a)    such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing; 

(b)    Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes make a written request to the
Trustee to pursue the remedy; 
 (c)    such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security
or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense; 
 (d)    the Trustee does
not comply with such request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer, or provision if requested, of security or indemnity; and 

(e)    during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes do not
give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request. 
 A Holder of a Note may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of
another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note. 
 Section
6.07    Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture,
the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on, the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to
purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder. 

  
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 Section 6.08    Collection Suit by Trustee. 

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest and Special Interest, if any, remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the
extent lawful, interest and Special Interest, if any, and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its
agents and counsel. 
 Section 6.09    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and
shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any
Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. 

  
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 Section 6.10    Priorities. 

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order: 

First:    to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of
all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection; 

Second:    to Holders of the Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and
interest and Special Interest, if any, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, respectively; and 

Third:    to the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct. 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10. 

Section 6.11    Undertaking for Costs. 

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted
by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’
fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to
Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. 
 ARTICLE 7 

TRUSTEE 
 Section
7.01    Duties of Trustee. 
 (a)    If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s
own affairs. 
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 (1)    the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by
the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and 
 (2)    in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth
of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture. 
 (c)    The Trustee may not be relieved
from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: 

(1)    this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01; 

(2)    the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and 

(3)    the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in
accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof. 
 (d)    Whether or not therein expressly
so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01. 

(e)    No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The
Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless such Holder has furnished to the Trustee security and indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss,
liability or expense. 
 (f)    The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the
Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 

Section 7.02    Rights of Trustee. 

(a)    The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. 

  
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 (b)    Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an
Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with
counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 (c)    The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or
negligence of any agent appointed with due care. 
 (d)    The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or
omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture. 

(e)    Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company
will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company. 
 (f)    The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise
any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have furnished to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against the losses, liabilities and
expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. 
 (g)    The Trustee shall not be
deemed to have notice of a Default or an Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. 

(h)    In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or
damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood or such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. 

(i)    The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation,
its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder. 

Section 7.03    Individual Rights of Trustee. 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any
Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest (as defined in the TIA) after a Default has occurred and is continuing it must


  
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eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as Trustee (if this Indenture has been qualified under the TIA) or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like
rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof. 
 Section
7.04    Trustee’s Disclaimer. 
 The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no
representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction under any
provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or
any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication. 

Section 7.05    Notice of Defaults. 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee will send to Holders of the
Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest or Special Interest, if any, on, any Note, the Trustee
may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes. 

Section 7.06    Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes. 

(a)    Within 60 days after each May 1 beginning with the May 1 following the date of this Indenture, and for so
long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee will send to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA §313(a) (but if no event described in TIA §313(a) has occurred within the twelve
months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA §313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA §313(c). 

(b)    A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of the Notes will be mailed by the Trustee to the
Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA §313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange. 

Section 7.07    Compensation and Indemnity. 

  
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 (a)    The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request
for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and
counsel. 
 (b)    The Company and the Guarantors will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or
expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company and the Guarantors (including this
Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to
the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not
relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company will pay the
reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. 

(c)    The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. 
 (d)    To secure the Company’s and
the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of, premium, if any, on, and
interest, if any, on, particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. 

(e)    When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or (i)
hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law. 

(f)    The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA §313(b)(2) to the extent applicable. 

Section 7.08    Replacement of Trustee 

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 (a)    A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor
Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08. 

(b)    The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the
Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if: 

(1)    the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof; 

(2)    the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to
the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law; 
 (3)    a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee
or its property; or 
 (4)    the Trustee becomes incapable of acting. 

(c)    If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company
will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor
Trustee appointed by the Company. 
 (d)    If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the
retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor
Trustee. 
 (e)    If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months,
fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. 

(f)    A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the
Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its
succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section
7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. 

Section 7.09    Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. 

  
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 If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of
its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee. 

Section 7.10    Eligibility; Disqualification. 

There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0
million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. 
 This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the
requirements of TIA §310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA §310(b). 
 Section
7.11    Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. 
 The Trustee is subject to TIA §311(a),
excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA §311(a) to the extent indicated therein. 

ARTICLE 8 
 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND
COVENANT DEFEASANCE 
 Section 8.01    Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 

The Company may at any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate,
elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8. 

Section 8.02    Legal Defeasance and Discharge. 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the
Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Note Guarantees) on the date the
conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness
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Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b)
below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Note Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for
the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: 
 (a)    the rights of
Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest or Special Interest, if any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof; 

(b)    the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof; 

(c)    the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s and the
Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and 
 (d)    this Article 8. 

Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of
its option under Section 8.03 hereof. 
 Section 8.03    Covenant Defeasance. 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the
Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their respective obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16 and
4.17 hereof and clause (4) of Section 5.01(a) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will
thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed
“outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes to the extent permitted by GAAP). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with
respect to the outstanding Notes and Note Guarantees, the Company and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly,
by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of
Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Note Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option
applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (j) hereof will not constitute Events of Default. 

  
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 Section 8.04    Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. 

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof: 

(a)    the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S.
dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants delivered to the
Trustee, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest, if any, on, the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes
are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption date; 
 (b)    in the case of an
election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: 

(1)    the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a
ruling; or 
 (2)    since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal
income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, the holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred; 

(c)    in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income
tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; 

(d)    no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or
Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other Indebtedness), and the granting of Liens to secure such borrowings); 

  
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 (e)    such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture and the agreements governing any other Indebtedness being defeased, discharged or replaced) to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound; 
 (f)    the Company must deliver
to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or
defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and 
 (g)    the Company must deliver to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with. 

Section 8.05    Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. 

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee
(or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due
thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 

The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable
Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes. 

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request
of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 

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 Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust
for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest, if any, on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest and Special Interest, if any, has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at
the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than
30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. 

Section 8.07    Reinstatement. 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or
8.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in
accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest, if any, on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations,
the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent. 

ARTICLE 9 
 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT
AND WAIVER 
 Section 9.01    Without Consent of Holders of Notes. 

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may
amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees: 
 (a)    to cure any ambiguity, defect or
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 (c)    to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a
Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes and Note Guarantees in the case of a merger or consolidation or disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s properties or assets, as applicable; 

(d)    to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not
adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any Holder, including to comply with requirements of the SEC or DTC in order to maintain the transferability of the Notes pursuant to Rule 144A or Regulation S; 

(e)    to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the
TIA; 
 (f)    to conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees to any provision of the
“Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum; 
 (g)    to provide for the issuance of Additional
Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the date hereof; 
 (h)    to secure the
Notes or the Note Guarantees pursuant to the requirements of Section 4.12 hereof; 
 (i)    to add any additional
Guarantor or to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its Note Guarantee, in each case as provided in this Indenture; or 

(j)    to evidence or provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee. 

Upon the request of the Company, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with
the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the
Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 

Section 9.02    With Consent of Holders of Notes. 

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture (including
Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof) and the Notes and the Note Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in
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default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the
Notes). Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this
Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder): 
 (a)    reduce the principal amount
of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; 
 (b)    reduce the principal of or change
the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to the redemption or repurchase of the Notes (other than provisions relating to minimum required notice of optional redemption or provisions under Sections 3.09,
4.10 or 4.15 hereof); 
 (c)    reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including Special
Interest, on any Note; 
 (d)    waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any,
on, or interest or Special Interest, if any, on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted
from such acceleration); 
 (e)    make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Notes; 

(f)    make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders
of Notes to receive payments of principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest or Special Interest, on, the Notes (other than as permitted in clause (g) below); 

(g)    waive a redemption or repurchase payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by Section
3.09, 4.10 or 4.15 hereof); 
 (h)    release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this
Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; or 
 (i)    make any change in the preceding
amendment, supplement or waiver provisions. 
 Upon the request of the Company to the Trustee, and upon the filing with the Trustee of
evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of the Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and the Guarantors in the
execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its
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 It is not necessary for the consent of the Holders of the Notes under this Section 9.02 to
approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. 

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will send to the Holders of the Notes affected
thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to send such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture
or waiver.
 Section 9.03    Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. 

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes will be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the
TIA as then in effect. 
 Section 9.04    Revocation and Effect of Consents. 

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a
Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a
Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms
and thereafter binds every Holder. 
 Section 9.05    Notation on or Exchange of Notes. 

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in
exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver. 

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

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 The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9
if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof)
will be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04 hereof, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or
permitted by this Indenture. 
 ARTICLE 10 

NOTE GUARANTEES 
 Section
10.01    Guarantee. 
 (a)    Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby,
jointly and severally, unconditionally Guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or
the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that: 
 (1)    the principal of, premium, if
any, on, and interest, if any, on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest, if any, on, the
Notes, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and 

(2)    in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other
obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. 

Failing payment when due of any amount so Guaranteed or any performance so Guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and
severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a Guarantee of payment and not a Guarantee of collection. 

(b)    The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity,
regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the
Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims
with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Note Guarantee will not be discharged except by
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 (c)    If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to
return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to
the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect. 
 (d)    Each Guarantor agrees that it
will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations Guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations Guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on
the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations Guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction
or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations Guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and
payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the
rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantee. 
 Section 10.02    Limitation on Guarantor Liability. 

Each Guarantor and, by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note
Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to
any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such
maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other
Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance. 

Section 10.03    Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee. 

To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Note Guarantee
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E hereto will be endorsed by an Officer of such Guarantor on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture, or a supplement thereto, will be executed on behalf of such
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 Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof will
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Note Guarantee. 
 If an Officer
whose signature is on the notation of its Note Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which such notation of its Note Guarantee is endorsed, the Note Guarantee will be valid nevertheless. 

The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set
forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors. 
 In the event that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries creates or
acquires any Domestic Subsidiary after the date of this Indenture that incurs Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, if required by Section 4.16 hereof, the Company will cause such Domestic Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.16
hereof and this Article 10, to the extent applicable. 
 Section 10.04    Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on
Certain Terms. 
 Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof, no Guarantor may sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise
dispose of, in one or more related transactions, all or substantially all of its properties or assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Company or
another Guarantor, unless: 
 (a)    immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions, no
Default or Event of Default exists; and 
 (b)    either: 

(1)    subject to Section 10.05 hereof, the Person acquiring the properties or assets in any such sale,
assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guarantor) unconditionally assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under its Note Guarantee and this
Indenture and (if then in effect) the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to a supplemental indenture and a supplement to the Registration Rights Agreement, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; or 

(2)    the Net Proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are applied in a manner that does not
violate Section 4.10 hereof. 
 In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or other disposition and upon the assumption by the
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Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee of the Guarantor and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be
performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the
notations of Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal
rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. 

Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses (b)(1) and (2) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in
any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or other disposition of the properties or assets of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an
entirety to the Company or another Guarantor. 
 Section 10.05    Releases. 

The Note Guarantee of a Guarantor and its other obligations under this Indenture shall be automatically released: 

(a)    in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of that
Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate
Section 4.10 hereof; 
 (b)    in connection with any sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of that Guarantor by
way of merger, consolidation or otherwise to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition does not violate Section 4.10 hereof
and such Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as a result of the sale or other disposition; 

(c)    upon designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with
the terms of this Indenture; or 
 (d)    upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article 8
hereof or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Article 11 hereof. 
 Any Guarantor not released from its
obligations under its Note Guarantee as provided in this Section 10.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes and for the other obligations of any
Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 10. 

  
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 ARTICLE 11 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 

Section 11.01    Satisfaction and Discharge. 

This Indenture will be satisfied and discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder (except as to
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes and as otherwise specified in this Article 11), when: 

(a)    either: 

(1)    all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been
replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or 

(2)    all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable
by reason of the giving of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for
the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire
Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date of Stated Maturity or redemption; 

(b)    in respect of subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section 11.01, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
on the date of the deposit (other than an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and any similar deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens to secure such borrowings)
and the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound (other than with respect to the
borrowing of funds to be applied concurrently to make the deposit required to effect such satisfaction and discharge and any similar concurrent deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and in each case the granting of Liens to secure such
borrowings); 
 (c)    the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by it under
this Indenture; and 
 (d)    the Company is delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to
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 In addition, the Company must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to
the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied. 
 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Sections 11.02 and 8.06 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 11.01 will
be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. 

Section 11.02    Application of Trust Money. 

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons
entitled thereto, of the principal, premium, if any, and interest and Special Interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by
law. 
 If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 hereof by
reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this
Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest and Special
Interest, if any, on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying
Agent. 
 ARTICLE 12 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 Section
12.01    Trust Indenture Act Controls. 
 This Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of
the TIA that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the TIA. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties will control. 

Section 12.02    Notices. 

  
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 Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly
given if in writing in the English language and delivered in Person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), electronic image scan, facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to
the others’ address: 
 If to any of the Company and the Guarantors: 

RSP Permian, Inc. 
 3141 Hood
Street, Suite 500 
 Dallas, Texas 76219 

Facsimile No.: (214) 252-2750 

Attention: General Counsel 
 with
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to: 
 Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. 

1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2500 

Houston, Texas 77002 

Attention: Julian J. Seiguer 

If to the Trustee: 
 U.S. Bank
National Association 
 8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100 

Houston, Texas 77046 
 Attention:
Corporate Trust Services 
 Facsimile No.: (713) 212-3718 

The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
communications. 
 All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time
delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by electronic image scan or facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely
delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery. 
 Any notice or communication to a Holder will be
mailed by first class mail (or sent electronically if DTC is the recipient), certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar,
except that all notices and communications to the Depositary as a Holder shall be given in the manner it prescribes, notwithstanding anything to the contrary indication herein. Any notice or communication will also be so given to any Person
described in TIA §313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to send a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. 

  
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 If a notice or communication is given in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it
is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it. 
 If the Company sends a notice or communication to Holders, it will send a copy
to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time. 
 Section 12.03    Communication by Holders of Notes with Other
Holders of Notes. 
 Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA §312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this
Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA §312(c). 
 Section
12.04    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. 
 Upon any request or application by the Company to
the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee: 
 (a)    an
Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if
any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and 
 (b)    an Opinion of
Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

 Section 12.05    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate
provided pursuant to TIA §314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA §314(e) and must include: 

(a)    a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; 

(b)    a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or
opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
 (c)    a statement that, in the opinion of such person,
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 (d)    a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such
condition or covenant has been satisfied. 
 Section 12.06    Rules by Trustee and Agents. 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and
set reasonable requirements for its functions. 
 Section 12.07    No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,
Employees and Stockholders. 
 No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder or other owner of any Capital Stock of the
Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture or the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. 

Section 12.08    Governing Law. 

THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES. 

Section 12.09    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other
Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture. 
 Section
12.10    Successors. 
 All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind their respective
successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof. 

  
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 Section 12.11    Severability. 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 Section 12.12    Counterpart
Originals. 
 The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture, and each party hereto may sign any number of separate copies
of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution
and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all
purposes. 
 Section 12.13    Table of Contents, Headings, etc. 

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of
reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 

Section 12.14    Payment Date Other Than a Business Day. 

If any payment with respect to any principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest or Special Interest, if any, on, any Note (including any
payment to be made on any date fixed for redemption or purchase of any Note) is due on a day which is not a Business Day, then the payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if
made on such date, and no interest will accrue for the intervening period. 
 Section 12.15    Evidence of Action by
Holders. 
 Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes may take action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any direction, notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action) the fact that at the time of taking any such action the Holders of such specified
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instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, (b) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly
called and held in accordance with procedures approved by the Trustee, (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders or (d) in the case of Notes evidenced by a Global Note, by any electronic
transmission or other message, whether or not in written format, that complies with the Depositary’s applicable procedures. 
 Section
12.16    U.S.A. Patriot Act. 
 The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A.
Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify and record information that identities each person or legal entity that establishes a
relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. 

Section 12.17    Force Majeure. 

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of
or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and
interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to
resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances. 
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 SIGNATURES 

Dated as of December 27, 2016 
  

			
	RSP PERMIAN, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James E. Mutrie

		 	James E. Mutrie
		 	General Counsel and Vice President
	
	RSP PERMIAN, L.L.C.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James E. Mutrie

		 	James E. Mutrie
		 	General Counsel and Vice President
	
	SILVER HILL ENERGY PARTNERS, LLC
		
	By:	 	RSP Permian, L.L.C., its sole member
		
	By:	 	 /s/ James E. Mutrie

		 	James E. Mutrie
		 	General Counsel and Vice President
	
	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
	as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Shazia Flores

		 	Shazia Flores
		 	Vice President


 [Signature page to Indenture] 







 EXHIBIT A 
  

			
	 [Face of Note]

		  	CUSIP                     
	5.25% Senior Notes due 2025
		
	No.         	  	$                    

 RSP PERMIAN, INC. 

promises to pay to                      or
registered assigns, 
 the principal sum of
                                        
DOLLARS [or such greater or lesser amount as may be indicated on the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note] on January 15, 2025. 

Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15 

Record Dates: January 1 and July 1 

Dated:                     ,
             
  

			
	 RSP PERMIAN, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:



 This is one of the Notes referred to 

in the within-mentioned Indenture: 
 U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
   as Trustee 
  

			
	By:	 	  

		 	 Authorized Signatory


  
  

  
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 [BACK OF NOTE] 

5.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025 

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture] 

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture] 

Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated. 

(1)    INTEREST. RSP Permian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), promises to pay or cause to be paid interest on the principal amount of this Note at 5.25% per annum from December 27, 2016 until maturity and to pay the Special Interest, if any, payable pursuant to the
Registration Rights Agreement. The Company will pay interest and Special Interest, if any, semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day
(each, an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that, if there is no
existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date;
provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be July 15, 2017. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. 

(2)    METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company
will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) and Special Interest, if any, to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the January 1 and July 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even
if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and
interest and Special Interest, if any, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest and Special Interest, if any, may be made by check
mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest and Special
Interest, if any, on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the
time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. 

(3)    PAYING AGENT AND
REGISTRAR. Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The
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 (4)    INDENTURE. The
Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of December 27, 2016 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the
Indenture by reference to the TIA. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of
the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling to the extent permitted by law. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Company. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be
issued thereunder. 
 (5)    OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

 (a)    At any time prior to January 15, 2020, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up
to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture, upon notice as provided in the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 105.250% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest and
Special Interest, if any, to the date of redemption (subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date), with an amount of cash not greater than the net cash proceeds of an Equity
Offering by the Company, provided that: 
 (A)    at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount
of Notes originally issued under the Indenture (including any Additional Notes but excluding Notes held by the Company and its Subsidiaries) remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption; and 

(B)    the redemption occurs within 180 days of the date of the closing of such Equity Offering. 

(b)    At any time prior to January 15, 2020, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem all or a
part of the Notes, upon notice as provided in the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium, and accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date of
redemption, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date. 

(c)    The Company may redeem all (but not a portion of) the Notes when permitted by, and pursuant to the
conditions in, Section 4.15(e) of the Indenture. 
 (d)    Except pursuant to the preceding paragraphs,
the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to January 15, 2020. 
 (e)    On or
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Indenture, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, on the Notes redeemed, to the
applicable redemption date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on January 15 of the years indicated below, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date:

  

					
	 Year
	  	Percentage	 
	 2020
	  	 	103.938	% 
	 2021
	  	 	102.625	% 
	 2022
	  	 	101.313	% 
	 2023 and thereafter
	  	 	100.000	% 

 Unless the Company defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes
or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date. 

(6)    MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Company
is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. 

(7)    REPURCHASE AT THE OPTION
OF HOLDER. 
 (a)    If there is a Change
of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s Notes
at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company will send a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing
the Change of Control Offer as required by the Indenture. 
 (b)    If the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company consummates any Asset Sales, within five days of each date on which the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other
Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase, prepay or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase, prepay or redeem, on a
pro rata basis, the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness (plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith)
that may be purchased, prepaid or redeemed out of the Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Special Interest, if any, to the date of purchase,
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relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, and will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered in such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds
allocated to the purchase of Notes, the Trustee will select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (except as provided in Section 4.10 of the Indenture), based on the amounts tendered. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the
amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero. Holders of Definitive Notes that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date and may elect to have such Notes purchased
by completing the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes. 

(8)    NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. At least 30
days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, or send electronically if DTC is the recipient, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its
registered address, except that redemption notices may be sent more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture pursuant to Article 8
or 11 thereof. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such
Holder shall be redeemed. 
 (9)    DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the
Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the
Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register the
transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date. 

(10)    PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The
registered Holder of a Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes. Only registered Holders have rights under the Indenture. 

(11)    AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the
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majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes including Additional Notes, if any, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of Notes, the Indenture, the
Notes or the Note Guarantees may be amended or supplemented: to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; to provide for the assumption of the
Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes and Note Guarantees by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture; to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the
Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any Holder, including to comply with the requirements of the SEC or DTC in order to maintain the transferability of the Notes pursuant to Rule 144A or
Regulation S; to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the TIA; to conform the text of the Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees to any provision of the “Description
of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum; to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture; to secure the Notes or the Note Guarantees pursuant to the requirement of Section 4.12
of the Indenture; to add any additional Guarantor or to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its Note Guarantee, in each case as provided in the Indenture; or to evidence or provide for the acceptance of appointment under the Indenture of a
successor Trustee. 
 (12)    DEFAULTS AND
REMEDIES. Events of Default include: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest and Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes; (ii) default in the payment when due (at Stated Maturity, upon
redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes, (iii) failure by the Company to comply with the provisions of Sections 4.10, 4.15 or 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure by the Company for 180 days after notice to the
Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with Section 4.03 of the Indenture; (v) failure by the Company for 60 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of its other agreements in the Indenture; (vi) default under certain other agreements relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries which default is a Payment Default or results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express maturity; (vii) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay certain final judgments entered
by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $35.0 million (to the extent not covered by insurance by a reputable and creditworthy insurer as to which the insurer has not disclaimed coverage), which judgments are not paid,
discharged or stayed, for a period of 60 days; (viii) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the
Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and (ix) except as permitted by the Indenture, any Note Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force
and effect, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee. In the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to


  
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the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant
Subsidiary, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the
Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest or Special Interest, if any) if it determines that withholding notice is in their
interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all the Holders, rescind an acceleration or waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences
under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, on, or interest or Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase any Notes). The
Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually an Officers’ Certificate regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a written
statement specifying such Default or Event of Default. 
 (13)    TRUSTEE
DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may
otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee. 

(14)    NO RECOURSE AGAINST
OTHERS. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder or other owner of any Capital Stock of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the
Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture or the Note Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The
waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. 

(15)    AUTHENTICATION. This Note will not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. 

(16)    ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name
of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to
Minors Act). 
 (17)    ADDITIONAL RIGHTS OF
HOLDERS OF RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES AND RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES. In addition to the rights
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under the Indenture, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of December 27, 2016,
among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties named on the signature pages thereof or, in the case of Additional Notes, Holders of Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes will have the rights set forth in one or more
registration rights agreements, if any, among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto, relating to rights given by the Company and the Guarantors to the purchasers of any Additional Notes (collectively, the “Registration
Rights Agreement”). 
 (18)    CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a
recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders.
No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon. 

(19)    GOVERNING LAW. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO
CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES. 
 The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge
a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to: 
 RSP Permian, Inc. 

3141 Hood Street, Suite 500 

Dallas, Texas 75219 
 Facsimile
No.: (214) 252-2750 
 Attention: General Counsel 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

To assign this Note, fill in the form below: 
  

			
	 (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
	 	  

		 	                            (Insert assignee’s legal name)

  
  

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s name,
address and zip code) 
  

			
	and irrevocably appoint                              
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                  

 to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him. 

Date:                      

 

	
	
Your Signature:               
                                         
                           

	 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)



 Signature Guarantee*:
                                        

  

	*	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). 


  
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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO
ELECT PURCHASE 
 If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or
4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below: 
 ☐  Section
4.10        ☐  Section 4.15 
 If you want to elect to have only part of the
Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased: 

$                       
  
 Date:                      

 

	
	
Your Signature:               
                                         
                

	 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

	
	
Tax Identification No.:             
                                         
     



 Signature Guarantee*:
                                        

  

	*	Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee). 


  
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 SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF
INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE * 
 The following exchanges of a
part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made: 

 

									
	 Date of

Exchange
	  	 Amount of

decrease in
 Principal

Amount of

this Global Note
	  	 Amount of

increase in
 Principal

Amount of

this Global Note
	  	 Principal

Amount
 of this Global

Note following
 such decrease

(or increase)
	  	 Signature of

authorized
 officer of Trustee

or Custodian

		  		  		  		  	

  

	*	This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form. 


  
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 EXHIBIT B 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER 
 RSP Permian,
Inc. 
 3141 Hood Street, Suite 500 
 Dallas, Texas 75219 

U.S. Bank National Association 
 8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100

 Houston, Texas 77046 
 Attention: Corporate Trust Services

  

	 	Re:	5.25% Senior Notes due 2025 

 Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December
27, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among RSP Permian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 

                    , (the
“Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of
$                     in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to
                                        
(the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that: 

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY] 

1. ☐  Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Restricted
Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor
hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more
accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule
144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

2. ☐  Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a
Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act 

  
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and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee
was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a
designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of
the requirements of Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the
Indenture and the Securities Act. 
 3. ☐ Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest
in the IAI Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to
beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor
hereby further certifies that (check one): 
 (a)     ☐   such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act; 
 OR 
  

(b)     ☐   such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof; 

OR 
 (c)
    ☐   such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; 

OR 

(d)    ☐   such Transfer is being effected to an Institutional Accredited Investor and pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Rule 904, and the Transferor hereby further certifies that it has not engaged in any general solicitation within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act
and the Transfer complies with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note or Restricted Definitive Notes and the requirements of the exemption claimed, which certification is supported by (1) a
certificate executed by the Transferee in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture and (2) an Opinion of Counsel provided by the Transferor or the Transferee (a copy of which the Transferor has attached to this certification), to the effect that such
Transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note 

  
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will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the IAI Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture and the
Securities Act. 
 4. ☐ Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. 
 (a)    ☐   Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule
144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any
state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on
Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture. 
 (b)    ☐   Check if Transfer is Pursuant to
Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of
any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on
Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture. 
 (c)    ☐   Check if Transfer is Pursuant to
Other Exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions
contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain
compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in
the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture. 

  
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 This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of
the Company. 
  

			
	  

        [Insert Name of Transferor]

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:



 Dated:
                    

  
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 ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER 

 

					
	1.	  		 	The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
	
	[CHECK ONE OF (A) OR (B)]
	
	 (a)    ☐   a beneficial interest in the:

			
	(i)	  	☐	 	    144A Global Note (CUSIP 74978Q AD7), or
			
	(ii)	  	☐	 	    Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U7502M AC0), or
			
	(iii)	  	☐	 	    IAI Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or
	
	 (b)  ☐  a Restricted Definitive Note.

		
	2.	  	After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
	
	[CHECK ONE]
	
	(a) ☐  a beneficial interest in the:
			
	(i)	  	☐	 	    144A Global Note (CUSIP 74978Q AD7), or
			
	(ii)	  	☐	 	    Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U7502M AC0), or
			
	(iii)	  	☐	 	    IAI Global Note (CUSIP                     ); or
			
	(iv)	  	☐	 	    Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP 74978Q AE5); or
	
	(b) ☐  a Restricted Definitive Note; or
	
	(c) ☐  an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
	
	in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.


  
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 EXHIBIT C 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE 
 RSP Permian,
Inc. 
 3141 Hood Street, Suite 500 
 Dallas, Texas 75219 

U.S. Bank National Association 
 8 Greenway Plaza, Suite 1100

 Houston, Texas 77046 
 Attention: Corporate Trust Services

  

	 	Re:	5.25% Senior Notes due 2025 

 (CUSIP
[            ]) 
 Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of
December 27, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among RSP Permian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 

                       
                 , (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount
of $                     in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner
hereby certifies that: 
 1.    Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted
Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note 

(a)    ☐  Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby
certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in
accordance with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. 

(b)    ☐  Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted
Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s
own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the 

  
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Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. 

(c)    ☐  Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the
Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions
on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States. 
 (d)    ☐  Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive
Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the
Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions
on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky
securities laws of any state of the United States. 
 2.    Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes 

(a)    ☐  Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted
Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note
is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on
transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 

(b)    ☐  Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ☐ 144A Global Note, ☐ Regulation S Global Note, ☐ IAI Global Note with an equal principal
amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable


  
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to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon
consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global
Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act. 
 This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the
benefit of the Company. 
  

			
		 	  
 [Insert Name of
Transferor]

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:



 Dated:
                    

  
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 EXHIBIT D 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FROM 

ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR 
 RSP
Permian, Inc. 
 3141 Hood Street, Suite 500 
 Dallas, Texas
75219 
 U.S. Bank National Association 
 8 Greenway Plaza,
Suite 1100 
 Houston, Texas 77046 
 Attention: Corporate Trust
Services 
  

	 	Re:	5.25% Senior Notes due 2025 

 Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of December
27, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among RSP Permian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 
 In connection with our proposed purchase of
$                     aggregate principal amount of: 

(a)    ☐ a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or 

(b)    ☐ a Definitive Note, 

we confirm that: 

1.    We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes or any interest therein is subject to certain restrictions
and conditions set forth in the Indenture and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes or any interest therein except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). 
 2.    We understand that the offer and sale of the Notes
have not been registered under the Securities Act, and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are
acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell the Notes or any interest therein, we will do so only (A) to the Company or any subsidiary thereof, (B) in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a “qualified institutional
buyer” (as defined therein), (C) to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you and to the Company a signed letter
substantially in the form of this letter and, if such transfer is in respect of a principal amount of Notes, at the time of transfer of less than $250,000, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such
transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (D) outside the United States in accordance with Rule 904 of 

  
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Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we
further agree to provide to any Person purchasing the Definitive Note or beneficial interest in a Global Note from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (A) through (E) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that
resales thereof are restricted as stated herein. 
 3.    We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or
beneficial interest therein, we will be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing
restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to the foregoing effect. 

4.    We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation
D under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to
bear the economic risk of our or its investment. 
 5.    We are acquiring the Notes or beneficial interest therein
purchased by us for our own account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion. 

You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in
any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. 
  

			
	  

        [Insert Name of Accredited Investor]

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:




Dated:                    

  
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 EXHIBIT E 

[FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE] 

For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, unconditionally
guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, dated as of December 27, 2016 (the “Indenture”), among RSP Permian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”),
the Guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes,
whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of, premium, if any, on, and interest and Special Interest, if any, on, the Notes, if any, if lawful, and the due and
punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other
obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of
Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Note Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Note Guarantee.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture. 

 

			
	 [NAME OF
GUARANTOR(S)]

		
	 By:
	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:




  
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 EXHIBIT F 

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE 

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS] 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of
                    , among
                     (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of RSP Permian, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”). 

WITNESSETH 
 WHEREAS, the Company
has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of December 27, 2016 providing for the issuance of 5.25% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”); 

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a
supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Note
Guarantee”); and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: 

1.    CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 2.    AGREEMENT TO
GUARANTEE. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Note Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 10
thereof. 
 3.    NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. No director,
officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder or other owner of any Capital Stock of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture or the Note
Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for
issuance of the Notes.
 4.    NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO
CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. 

  
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 5.    COUNTERPARTS. The parties may sign any number of copies
of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. 

6.    EFFECT OF HEADINGS. The Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
 7.    THE TRUSTEE. The
Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed and attested, all as of the date first above written. 
 Dated:
                    ,
  

			
	 [GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]

		
	By:	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:

	
	 RSP PERMIAN, INC.

		
	By:	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:

	
	 [EXISTING GUARANTORS]

		
	By:	 	  

		 	 Name:

		 	 Title:

	
	 U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

	 As Trustee

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory



  
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 EXHIBIT G 

AGREEMENTS WITH AFFILIATES 
 The
agreements described under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016. 

  
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